Re: Newbie: Drive Configuration

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:49:16 +0100
Message-ID: <tbkf0o6uh4k32b@beta-news.demon.nl>

"Nate Croston" <ncroston_at_cceb.med.upenn.edu> wrote in message news:3ABA1933.B4789239_at_cceb.med.upenn.edu...
> We are currently configuring a Poweredge 4300 (Redhat Linux 6.1) for
> Oracle 8i. The drive configuration is currently RAID 5 across 5 18Gb
> drives. It has 256K Mb Ram and 2 450 Mhz processors.
>
> We are currently thinking about how the drives should be configured for
> Oracle. We are wondering whether it is worthwhile to reconfigure or add
> drives so that we can access multiple, independent drives to improve
> performance. Presently, we anticipate no more than 20 users per Oracle
> instance. We are starting out with one database, but anticipate growth.
>
> -Nate
>

RAID 5 is a big NONO for online redo log files, as has been posted here MANY times.
I also wouldn't recommend running more databases on that system, as it is already tight.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Thu Mar 22 2001 - 11:49:16 CST