[Info-vax] 'Partitioning' raid controller for VMS on Integrity

[Dave Froble]

On 9/8/2021 8:06 PM, Rich Jordan wrote:
> VMS doesn't do partitions.  Are there any SAS type RAID controllers for RX servers that can present 'partitioned' logical drives to VMS so it sees separate spindles?
>
> Wondering if it is possible at all to f/ex build a 4 disk ADG array and present more than one spindle to VMS from it.
>
> Thanks
>

There may have been times when partitions were needed.  But not today, 
as I see it.  What possible advantage might there be for partitions 
today?  It is still a single disk, and lose it, you lose all the 
partitions on it.

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