Re: RMAN Performance Maladies

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:41:49 -0800
Message-ID: <bf46380702121841l52ec0eb9u43cdda5dca6686e7@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/12/07, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> I would not expect RAID5 to be a problem during backup, unless there is a
> lot of write activity to the drives during that time.

Arrr!! Belay that!

Somehow I was under the impression that the read media was RAID5, though the email clearly stated you are backing up *to* RAID5.

Yes, that may be somewhat slower than RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and even JBOD.

Look on the bright side - if it were RAID6 it would be even slower.

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Jared Still
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Received on Mon Feb 12 2007 - 20:41:49 CST