Re: installing oracle9: raid1 or raid 5 harddisk ???

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:08:19 -0800
Message-ID: <1071122807.631909@yasure>

Mladen Gogala wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:18:32 +0100, RoBog wrote:
>
>

>>I have a PC with 4 harddisk:
>>
>>c:  raid1 , win 2003 server
>>
>>d:   e:     no raid
>>
>>f:  raid5
>>
>>Question: where must I put OracleHome (= oracle9 server files, not the
>>database files that goes on f:) for better
>>performances?  c: or  f: ? ... and why :-)

>
>
> You should split the f: into two partitions and then mirror/ stripe them
> to ensure fault tolerance. That would give RAID 1+0 which will work as
> long as the f: drive is OK. Be sure to use mauve database because they use
> least RAM. Last, you asked "why"? Well, that is not the right question.
> Nobody knows what the right question is, that is why the planet Earth is
> here, but the answer to the right question is "42".

Absolutely no question about it ... 42 was a decent year. Good for Marsan Armagnac.

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