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Re: Terabytes + database on NT

From: andrey <andrey_at_roz.ru>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:08:22 +0300
Message-ID: <98nu0m$1evh$1@josh.sovintel.ru>

I prefer AIX

1 console
# cp 1_Gb_file to_other_disk

same time 2 console
# ls ..... and wait while first console cp complited

maybe ultra-ultra-scsi can help ?

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:tauubimjlfj2ad_at_beta-news.demon.nl...
> Definitely not.
> IMO, with your proposed config you will get a MTBF (meantime between
> failure) which is well below average, and how is that single processor
 going
> to deal with 10 disks.
> Life isn't that simple. If it would have been the software of Billy boy
> would have been working.
> Forget about NT, and go for Sun solaris with proper logical volume
 software
> or RS 6000 with AIX.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> "andrey" <andrey_at_roz.ru> wrote in message
> news:98ndtq$2rab$1_at_josh.sovintel.ru...
> > just purchase PIII 800, NT, and ora 816
> > plug in 10 100Gb IBM disks and youv got it
> >
> > same old simple song for unix ?
> >
> > ""Anurag Minocha"" <aminocha_at_herold.com> wrote in message
> > news:EBBA6D3A81229C42981E3AEA79BF5A4E111236_at_jshemail.herold.com...
> > > Hi,
> > > We are in the process of deciding the operating system to hold our
 database.
> > > It is expected that the database will be in Terabytes and will keep on
> > > growing at a very fast pace.
> > >
> > > Is NT the right o/s for this or we should move to unix. If unix then
 which
> > > flavor of Unix.
> > >
> > > I must tell you that the dataase will mainly consist of scanned
 images.
> > > Another solution which is possible to limit the size of the database
 is
 to
> > > store the path of the images in the database and store the images in
 the
> > > file system. In this way we can use NT, but I am not sure of the side
> > > effects of this.
> > >
> > > We are thinking of 8i or later.
> > >
> > > Please help.
> > > Thanks
> > > Anurag
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Mar 14 2001 - 08:08:22 CST

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