Re: Oracle 8 drive configuration

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:05:19 +0800
Message-ID: <429EF5FF.5245@yahoo.com>

Joe wrote:
>
> I am just in the process of purchasing a new server for our Oracle 8
> database. Our current server uses RAID 5. I want to move away from RAID
> 5 for performance reasons. Does anyone have any configuration
> suggestions for 10 72gb 15k rpm scsi drives not using RAID 5.
>
> Thanks in advance

Mirror the disks, then stripe over the lot of them

Is it optimal? No. Is it close enough for a system that "only" has 10 drives... most probably.

hth
connor

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