Re: Oracle 10gR2 / RAID-5 / SAN

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:55:22 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <c7518554-c2cd-4fc8-94dc-a6b6a2910051@b1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>

On Dec 21, 4:43 am, jeremy <jeremy0..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have been looking around for more info on this and came across:
>
> http://spiralbound.net/2006/09/08/why-modern-raid-5-is-ideal-for-orac...
>
> Here is an excerpt:

Thanks but we can read from url's. The baarf party pretty much says it all anyway along with the practical experience many people have.

Small load systems ... well maybe but no thanks.

snip

> So.... does this alter the views of folk here? Reading this it would
> suggest that the issues of writer performance may be mitigated by the
> SAN managing everything.
>
> Appreciate more views on this

Raid 10 for me thanks. If you have to work for someone running oracle on Raid 5 keep your resume current. Received on Fri Dec 21 2007 - 11:55:22 CST