"Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message
news:3ef3a035_2_at_mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> "Randy Nichols" <randynichols_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:YGHIa.56503$Io.5359985_at_newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > A potential customer related that they heard Oracle had problems with
RAID
> 1
> > configurations. I have not been aware of any issue with RAID 1. Has
> anyone
> > heard anything like that?
> >
> I heard a rumour once that if you started up a DB2 database, and it had
> tables whose names started with the letter Q, and it was a Thursday, the
> startup disk would rotate faster and faster until it eventually cut its
way
> through the casing, after which, on attaining quarter light speed, it
would
> eventually disappear into outer space, never to return.
>
> I was somewhat sceptical of this, so I asked what evidence they had, or
what
> error message they were getting.
Unfortunately they couldn't produce the evidence, since it is currently just
passing Alpha Centauri. On the plus side the "DB2 - Out of this World
Performance" marketing campaign starts this fall.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Received on Sat Jun 21 2003 - 05:56:18 CDT
