Re: hard disk configuration question

I was the DBA for 3 years for the app Steve is working on. It won't be happy on one RAID4 volume with 5 disks.

Jared

On Tuesday 18 December 2001 12:40, Post, Ethan wrote:
> Hold on a minute. I run Oracle on my laptop just fine with a single drive.
> It would also scream with an EMC disk array attached to it. It really
> depends on the application(s)/user(s) you are supporting. If they can save
> a bunch of money and the performance impact is minimal there is no trouble
> with the cheaper solution. There are plenty of Oracle installations
> supporting small transactional systems. - Ethan
>
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>
> This guy is full of it. According to Loney & Theriault in Oracle8i DBA
> Handbook ch. 4 - Physical DB Layouts. The minimum recommended is 7 HD's.
> The ideal is 22. You are much better off with more smaller size drives
> than with fewer larger sized drives.
>
> My $0.02 worth,
>
> Ken Janusz, CPIM
> Database Conversion
> Lead Sufficient System, Inc.
> Minneapolis, MN

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