Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > >What are you pvmoving again? > > > >-Ross > > Ok, here is what happened: I have a box running iet exporting > an LV that started out as two 750 gig HD's mirrored off an 8 > channel LSI SAS controller. I needed more space, and added 3 > 400 gig HD's in a r5 vd to this VG. Yes, I now need even more > space, but I only have 8 channels, so... Moving it all over > to 7 750's in an r5 either with a hotspare or maybe 8 750's > in a r6, don't know yet Don't know? Where are you pvmoving everything now? It would be a whole lot easier to get the new array fully setup, initialized and tested, then add it as a new PV to the existing VG, then do the pvmove then to pvmove it twice. If you put the new array on a newer higher end controller and leave the existing setup as it is and pvmove between them things would move a lot faster. > All vd's on the controller are optimal, nothing is degraded > but I need to move all this data off the darn thing to free > up the original ld so I can break and recreate it. Is that array on a different controller? Is that array fully initialized? Does the controller have a BBU write-back cache? Maybe I am missing some important parts of the picture here? -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.