Re: Large NT databases

This is very true. I recently configured an HP Unix server using DEC ESA10K Storage Arrays. (It's a standard Ultra-Wide SCSI interface) Through one UW SCSI port, we were accessing 48 9Gb disks. Of course, you are not going to get the best I/O performance in the world. You can increase it greatly by using 2 channels and striping across them though...

>
> Depending on controller, you may not need the letters. I have an NT server
> with a SCSI controller that has my G: drive at 128GB.
>
> In article <37238F42.1832C28F_at_rdbms.freeserve.co.uk>,
> "Christopher M. Day" <christopher.day_at_rdbms.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > Jonathan,
> >
> > Kinda kicks OFA in the teeth? After Z: you need to use raw partitions
> > and assign your drives as per OPS on NT.(Check out setlinks.exe to make
> > aliases for raw partitions)
> >
> > Interesting how the 8i installation guide for NT promises the benefits
> > of OFA, but delivers them all under c: !
> >
> > The only hope is that maybe W2000 might resolve this.
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > Jonathan Gennick wrote:
> > >
> > > I was thinking the other day about creating large NT
> > > databases, when a question suddenly struck me. How do you
> > > name the drives? On a UNIX system that I manage, we have
> > > seventy drives allocated for a database. Naming is easy. We
> > > have seventy mount points numbered from /M01 through /M70.
> > > How would you do this on NT? There aren't enough drive
> > > letters. What happens after Z: ?
> > >
> > > Jonathan
> >
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