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<h1 class="topictitle1">Determine the hardware that is needed for mirroring</h1>
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<div><p>In order to communicate with the rest of the system, disk units are attached
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to I/O adapters, which are attached to I/O processors, which are attached
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to buses. The number of each of these types of disk-related hardware that
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are available on the system directly affects the level of protection that
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is possible.</p>
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<p>To provide the best protection and performance, each level of hardware
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should be balanced under the next level of hardware. That is, the disk units
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of each device type and model should be evenly distributed under their I/O
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adapters. The same number of I/O adapters should be under each I/O processor
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for that disk type. The I/O processors should be balanced among the available
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buses.</p>
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<p>To plan what disk-related hardware is needed for your mirrored
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system, you must plan the total number and type of disk units (old and new),
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that are needed on the system, as well as the level of protection for the
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system. It is not always possible to plan for and configure a system so that
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all mirrored pairs meet the planned level of protection. However, it is possible
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to plan a configuration in which a large percentage of the disk units on the
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system achieve the required level of protection.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzalymirror4a.htm">Plan the minimum hardware needed to function</a></strong><br />
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzalymirror4b.htm">Plan additional hardware to achieve the level of protection</a></strong><br />
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzalymirrorplan.htm">Plan for mirrored protection</a></div>
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