HP StorageWorks HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Sun Solaris Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RV1RA-TE, March 2005)

Planning Storage Configurations
79HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Sun Solaris Installation and Configuration Guide
For this reason, you should avoid using a stripeset to store critical data.
Stripesets are more suitable for storing data that can be reproduced easily or
whose loss does not prevent the system from supporting its critical mission.
■ Evenly distribute the members across the device ports to balance the load and
provide multiple paths.
■ Stripesets may contain between two and 24 members.
■ If you plan to use mirror members to replace failing drives, then create the
original stripeset as a stripeset of 1-member mirrorsets.
■ Stripesets are well-suited for the following applications:
— Storing program image libraries or run-time libraries for rapid loading.
— Storing large tables or other structures of read-only data for rapid
application access.
— Collecting data from external sources at very high data transfer rates.
■ Stripesets are not well-suited for the following applications:
— A storage solution for data that cannot be easily reproduced or for data
that must be available for system operation.
— Applications that make requests for small amounts of sequentially located
data.
— Applications that make synchronous random requests for small amounts
of data.
Spread the member drives as evenly as possible across the six I/O device ports.