Re: what size disk do you use for your db?

From: TurkBear <jgreco1_at_mn.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:00:29 -0500
Message-ID: <vnhieukhjg0h6rvoasbkbmatgo5t71d53t@4ax.com>

IMHO, the size does not matter in an Oracle environment.( as opposed to some things) If the system is fast enough, reading from a 18G will not be any slower ( at least in any meaningful sense ) than from a 9G

It is not the size but the configuration and tuning that will determine your thruput..

andreyNSPAM_at_bookexchange.net (NetComrade) wrote:

>We are currently using 9Gig drives.
>I am considering using 18Gig drives.
>All db's are 'OLTP', but i want to put less popular data on these.
>We use e4500's A5200's sun fibre hub, raid 0+1 (Veritas) (striped
>across 10disks in most cases)
>.......
>We use Oracle 8.1.7.3 on Solaris 2.7 boxes
>remove NSPAM to email

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