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RE: Configuring Oracle with RAID and OFA

From: Chris Berry <compjma_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:03:40 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005746F0.20030327100340@fatcity.com>


>-----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

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