Re: A DBA philosopical question

> RAID 5 is not bad just as fire is not bad ... when used appropriate.

appropriately.  

> Except with Apple's Xserve RAID units with their dual XOR engines ...
> RAID5 dose not belong under an Oracle database. Why is it used so often
> then? Because most UNIX system admins. don't ask their counterpart DBAs
> what to do ... they just give them disk and say "make due with it."

"make do with it."

Sorry to be a pedant, but you're not immune yourself.

Paul...

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