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<li style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">one set of JBODS</font></li><li style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">want to create two GPFS file systems</font></li><li style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">want to ensure that file system A uses physical disks a0, a1... an-1 and file system B uses physical disks b0, b1... bn-1</font></li><li style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">want to be able to assign specific sets of disks a0..an-1, b0..bn-1 on creation</font></li><li style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Potentially allows all disks b0..bn-1 to be destroyed if required whilst not affecting a0..an-1</font></li></ul>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is this possible in GPFS?</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Regards</font></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size:10pt"><em>Loughborough University</em></span></div>
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