Re: Oracle on Linux. File layout and disc distribution.

From: Volker Hetzer <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:19:50 +0100
Message-ID: <bob0u8$hko$1@news.fujitsu-siemens.com>

"Alejandro Bibiano González" <informatica_at_laubat.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:boavi0$heg$1_at_nsnmrro2-gest.nuria.telefonica-data.net...
> First of all thanks for your answer.
>
> The system has 2 Pentium IV 2.8GHz Xeon Processors. I don't know how many
> cache the RAID controller has. It's a Sun dual Ultra320 SCISI card.
>
> My backup strategy is doing a back up to an external nfs volume.
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> Is Raid0+1 very better than RAID5?

Yes. Remember RAID5 was invented to save money on disks and emulate larger disks, not to increase performance. Also, see http://www.miracleas.dk/BAARF/BAARF2.html.

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> Any suggestions for Linux partition distribution (/, /root, /opt...)?
No.

Lots of Greetings!
Volker Received on Wed Nov 05 2003 - 08:19:50 CST