Re: RAID 1 & Oracle problems?

From: michael ngong <mngong_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 23 Jun 2003 05:57:54 -0700
Message-ID: <ecf365d5.0306230457.27a884d0@posting.google.com>

"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.
>
> Regards,
> Paul

Thanks.

LOL ! great article to read at the start of the week......

Michael Tubuo Ngong Received on Mon Jun 23 2003 - 07:57:54 CDT