physical layout w/ only 2 disks

        does anyone have any suggestions for fs layout for oracle when only two physical disks are available, one of which is also the primary disk for the server (i.e. the one on which the root partition resides)? i was planning on installing the rdbms, the init.ora files, and the control files on a partition on the primary disk, and the datafiles and copies of the control files on a partition on the secondary disk; two things that i am particularly interested in are how to deal with redo logs and control files. for the control files, oracle recommends that you use at least 3, but with only two disks, the only way i can see to effectively have 3 copies would be to also put one copy on the root partition of the primary drive. similarly, i've always been counseled to not put redo logs on the same device as the system tablespace; where, then, could i put the redo log files in this sort of scenario?

        any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

• sweth.

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Sweth Chandramouli
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