Re: NVMe disk protection

Yep that's correct. There is no RAID options with nvme. So when planning
space you always have to take that into account.


Thanks,

Jason E. Olson
IBM i Engineer/Developer
[email protected]
480.223.2952

On Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:21 AM Rob Berendt <[email protected]>
wrote:

> So two 800GB NVMe drives mirrored becomes 800GB of usable space, or is
> there some new magic involved with mirroring?
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 10:14 AM Jason Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > With nvme drives it mirroring.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason E. Olson
> > IBM i Engineer/Developer
> > [email protected]
> > 480.223.2952
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:12 AM Rob Berendt <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Getting a quote on a Power system with two 800GB NVMe drives.
> > > The system they are migrating from has just over 800GB at 80% used.
> > > What are the disk protection options?
> > > Single IBM i LPAR system with no VIOS.
> > > --
> > > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
> > list
> > > To post a message email: [email protected]
> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > > visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> > > or email: [email protected]
> > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> > > at https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> > >
> > > Please contact [email protected] for any subscription
> related
> > > questions.
> > >
> > >
> > --
> > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
> list
> > To post a message email: [email protected]
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> > or email: [email protected]
> > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> > at https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> >
> > Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related
> > questions.
> >
> >
> --
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: [email protected]
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> or email: [email protected]
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
>
> Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related
> questions.
>
>
-- 
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: [email protected]
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.

Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related questions.