Re: RAID 5 vs. Mirror

From: David Lai <davidlai_at_veritas.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:38:27 -0700
Message-ID: <3717C9F2.93386C58@veritas.com>

If you have the money, it is always better to use mirroring. RAID-5 is not suitable for OLTP work loads because updates take too long.

David

"Joe M." wrote:

> Hello,
> Does Oracle have any problems working with RAID 5. Would it be better to use
> disk mirroring? Can anyone point me to a white paper or resource on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
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Received on Fri Apr 16 1999 - 18:38:27 CDT