User Guide

Chapter 5. Virtualization concepts 101
򐂰 Any mix of CKD or FB addresses in 4096 address groups.
򐂰 Increased logical volume size:
– CKD: 55.6 GB (65520 cylinders), architected for 219 TB
– FB: 2 TB, architected for 1 PB
򐂰 Flexible logical volume configuration:
– Multiple RAID types (RAID-5, RAID-10)
– Storage types (CKD and FB) aggregated into extent pools
– Volumes allocated from extents of extent pool
– Dynamically add/remove volumes
򐂰 Virtualization reduces storage management requirements.