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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Oracle Performance on RAID 5
Robert Hart (rhart_at_gov.edmonton.ab.ca) wrote:
: Hi all
: I've been using Oracle on RAID 5 for many years
: and I never really paid any attention to the performance
: of Oracle on RAID5 as compared to non-RAID.
: I was told by Oracle ( many years ago ) that RAID5
: would give me better read performance but I would
: suffer a hit on writes.
: I took this in stride because RAID5 gave me other
: benefits. But I am wondering now.
: Recently a Vendor of some systems we use indicated
: that Oracle Performance on RAID5 hardware is poor
: for read and write compared to non-RAID. They stated
: that there have been some performance studies that
: support this statement.
: Can anyone support this statement? I find it hard
: to believe and thought it might be the configuration
: of there system.
: l8r
: Rob
Try to increase cache size of your RAID controller or change cache politics.
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