"Tyler Smith Watu" <watuni2000_at_yahoo.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Seen a system with multiplexed redo log files on a RAID 5 which is
> not the best of practices.
> I will like to change that with time(mounting the DB and moving the
> files) but first of all would like to drop the mirrored redo log
> files .
> Is there an advantage of multiplexing redo logs on a raid 5 system in
> the first place ?
What happens if you fabled "Junior DBA" or equally fabled "duhveloper"
deletes the redo log from the OS? Answer RAID5 offers no protection at all.
multiplexing does.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Mon Sep 22 2003 - 09:56:43 CDT
