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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Configuring Oracle with RAID and OFA
>-----Original Message-----
>Carmichael
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:54 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>Sometimes you don't have the option to decide if you are using a single
>RAID set or not. At my last job I was told "hey, we have 375GB of space
>for you -- and it's RAID-5". I was not asked if I wanted it configured
>that way, I was not listened to when I protested. So the alternatives I
>faced were a) run my database on RAID-5 and do the best I can or b)
>quit because I refused to run a database on RAID-5
>
>Option b seemed a little extreme. You really can't make
>pronouncements like "you shouldn't run a production database on a
>single RAID set" because sometimes you have to.
>
>Oh yeah -- the database ran fine, we had no performance problems and we
>DID have good backups.
So what setup would you have preferred if it was all up to you?
Chris Berry
compjma_at_hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates
"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." -- Duke Leto Atreides
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