Re: avoiding corrupted block (ora-01578)

From: Daniel A. Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:07:43 -0700
Message-ID: <3769639F.5E181410@exesolutions.com>

> > 2. We are using IBM SSA raid 5, is this a bad choice ? No error
> > report from ssa. After getting a corrupted block, we still able to
> > " cp /.../.../data.dbf /tmp" ( data.dbf contain the table space which
> > contain the corrupted tabe ), can I conclude that nothing wrong on the
>
> do you have entries in errpt? If yes which ones.
> Do you have entries in alert<SID>.log. If yes which ones.

RAID 5 is a bad idea with any Oracle database under any conditions. If it does nothing else it will slow things down by a substantial factor.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Thu Jun 17 1999 - 16:07:43 CDT