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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/8/2021 8:49 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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.

Maybe to work around VMS max volume size limit?

Arne