RAID and Oracle Installation

From: Dean Mah <dmah_at_acs.ucalgary.ca>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 15:47:48 -0600
Message-ID: <6nu54r$d8a@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>

I'm a total newbie when it comes to RAID, so please bear with me.

We are thinking of installing Oracle 7.3.4 on AIX 4.3.1 with RAID-5. We will be using 3 physical disks to make up the array. How does RAID affect the OFA when installing? For instance, Oracle sets up 3 different mount points for software during installation, is this needed anymore? How do you lay out redo logs, control files, and separation of data from indices? With only 3 disks what type of read/write performance can we expect? Are there any gotchas that we should be wary of before jumping into this setup? Are there any Oracle with RAID installation papers/manuals out there?

Thanks for any help you can provide,
Dean Received on Tue Jul 07 1998 - 16:47:48 CDT