RE: Disk is cheap?

I think that with higher priced systems, this does become an urban legend for just the reasons you cite. We run into this problem all the time.

RF

Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
Oracle DBA Technical Lead
CSX Midtier Database Administration

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        Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP wrote: >

> But disk is cheap, right...?
> Or is that yet another Urban Legend???

        Yes, that's another Urban Legend.

        Disk DRIVES are cheap, disk SPACE is not so cheap.

        Consider this example: I have a disk cabinet with 24 slots and 23 disks. The 24th disk is cheap, but how much does the 25th disk cost? In addition to the disk drive we need a cabinet, controllers, cache, host adapters, cables, floor space, environmental controls, installation, configuration, management, maintenance contract, and on and on.

	Mark Stahlke
	Oracle DuhBA
	Denver Newspaper Agency

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