Re: Oracle 10gR2 / RAID-5 / SAN

On Dec 21, 12:55 pm, hpuxrac <johnbhur..._at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 4:43 am, jeremy <jeremy0..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I have been looking around for more info on this and came across:
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> >http://spiralbound.net/2006/09/08/why-modern-raid-5-is-ideal-for-orac...
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> > Here is an excerpt:
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> 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.
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> Small load systems ... well maybe but no thanks.
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> snip
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> > 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.
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> > Appreciate more views on this
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> Raid 10 for me thanks. If you have to work for someone running oracle
> on Raid 5 keep your resume current.

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" If you have to work for someone running oracle on Raid 5 keep your resume current."

Wait, I thought that was part of the disaster recovery plan ... not a performance issue per se.

-bdbafh Received on Fri Dec 21 2007 - 13:16:36 CST