Re: Oracle and Raid setup

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:30:02 +0200
Message-ID: <e7eea1l64gon8lr9t7s6pihva22jvi6ujm@4ax.com>

On 8 Jun 2005 09:53:02 -0700, andkovacs_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>I have an open TAR at oracle for Linux setup. The analyst insists that
>RAID1 should not be used with Oracle. This is what this guy says,
>really insists and repeat in each answer:
>
>"datafiles should not be placed on a RAID 1 layout."
>
>What's going on here ?
>I had the impression that if money is not a problem the best raid is
>Raid 1 for disk setup.

I'm not sure about Linux, but on the other Unixes that is definitely false.
I guess this is yet another sign of the declining quality of Oracle support analysts.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Wed Jun 08 2005 - 13:30:02 CDT