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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Subject: Re: Bound volumes vs strip set .. preferences?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.174741.21786@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:47:41 GMT
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- In article <9208071623.AA16990@uu3.psi.com>, leichter@lrw.com (Jerry Leichter) writes:
- > What's the catch? Well, both of these methods have one major drawback
- > - IF YOU LOSE ANY ONE OF THE BOUND VOLUME DISKS - YOU'VE LOST IT ALL!
- >
- >Not true for volume. It is quite possible to continue running with one (or
- >more) of the members of a volume set inaccessible. Any files that don't
- >happen to have extents on the missing volume can still be used. It's not an
- >ideal situation, but it isn't a show-stopper. BACKUP is also capable of
- >saving or restoring a single volume in a volume set. (I don't know about the
- >situation for stripe sets.)
-
- Er, I could've sworn that if you lose the first volume of a volume set, you
- lose everything.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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