RE: Question concerning RAID0+1 and redo logs.

I'd get 2 mirrored and dedicated disks not on the RAID array, (maybe in the host cabinet). They don't need to be raw but redo's are the best candidates for raw if you need the performance boost. Also, as pointed out by Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha at OOW, you want RAID1+0 not RAID0+1.

Steve Orr

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From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Sarka Chris
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To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Question concerning RAID0+1 and redo logs.

We are in the process of installing new disks and upgrading our software and I was looking for some opinions and/or facts. We are upgrading to AIX 4.3.3 and Oracle 8.1.6 on a basically OLTP system. We will also be adding SSA disks with a RAID0+1 configuration.

My questions are :
In RAID5 it is recomended to put the redo logs on raw devices, now with RAID0+1 should I do this?

        Is the performance or RAID0+1 good enough so as not to effect my redo logs?

        Are there any other files (ie, : rbs,archive logs,temp, etc) that I should consider not putting on RAID0+1 also,

        that is if the concensus is to leave them off?

More questions to come.

Thanks
Chris Sarka
Oracle DBA
CGI pour SLVQ
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