There is a good chance that as the data increases in
size, so does the IO bandwidth requirements. Larger
disks may not be the answer.
hth
connor
- "Jenkins, Michael - EDS"
<Michael.Jenkins_at_Nextel.com> wrote: > Wouldn't it be
cheaper just to replace each drive
> with a bigger one rather
> than buying all of the infrastructure related stuff?
> If you replace 8gb
> drives with 80gb drives you just saved 9 cabinets.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:08 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I beg to differ.
>
> Each disk cost the disk price + 1/24 of the
> infrastructure costs.
>
> Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
> adary_at_mehish.co.il
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stahlke, Mark
> [SMTP:mstahlke_at_denvernewspaperagency.com]
> > Sent: Mon, March 18, 2002 10:33 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Disk is cheap?
> >
> > 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
> > --
> > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:
> http://www.orafaq.com
> > --
> > Author: Stahlke, Mark
> > INET: mstahlke_at_denvernewspaperagency.com
> >
> > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051
> FAX: (858) 538-5051
> > San Diego, California -- Public Internet
> access / Mailing Lists
> >
>
> > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an
> E-Mail message
> > to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of
> 'ListGuru') and in
> > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB
> ORACLE-L
> > (or the name of mailing list you want to be
> removed from). You may
> > also send the HELP command for other information
> (like subscribing).
>
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:
> http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: =?iso-8859-8?Q?=E0=E3=F8_=E9=E7=E9=E0=EC?=
> INET: adary_at_mehish.co.il
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX:
> (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet
> access / Mailing Lists
>
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an
> E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of
> 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB
> ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed
> from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information
> (like subscribing).
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:
> http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Jenkins, Michael - EDS
> INET: Michael.Jenkins_at_Nextel.com
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX:
> (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet
> access / Mailing Lists
>
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an
> E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of
> 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB
> ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed
> from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information
> (like subscribing).
Connor McDonald
http://www.oracledba.co.uk (mirrored at
http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk)
"Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue"
Do You Yahoo!?
Everything you'll ever need on one web page
from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts
http://uk.my.yahoo.com
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?=
INET: hamcdc_at_yahoo.co.uk
Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Received on Tue Mar 19 2002 - 11:13:26 CST
