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jared.hecker_at_gmail.com a écrit :
> I am consulting at an all-Windows shop, running mostly 9.2.0.3 -
> 9.2.0.6 under Windows 2003 Server. The one no-no I've encountered so
> far is that their SAN array is all RAID 5. As they have grown by
> acquisition, this is an old, old StorageTek unit that supposedly does
> not support RAID 1,0.
>
> I am looking into I/O constraint issues :-). What I found is pretty
> surprising, and thus generates the "philosophical question". Their
> Oracle servers are configured with one internal drive and two logical
> volumes from the SAN array. The DBA's here rightly multiplexed their
> control files, one on each drive. Looking at the physical disk access
> screens via OEM, I see that the C: drive takes far longer to write. It
> contains control01.ctl. So the question is: Is it better to multiplex
> to two spindles (the faster SAN volumes) to gain the I/O, or is it
> better to multiplex to three drives?
>
> Kind regards,
> jh
>
2 or 3 spindles : you got a poor idea of what is philosophy !
Received on Sat Dec 03 2005 - 16:01:05 CST
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