Re: discs

PHernandez wrote:
> A friend asked me to install linux and oracle for him. The box have six
> sata discs and I wonder if someone here would be kind to help me figure
> out how to best use them.
>
> I'm thinking:
>
> One Raid 1 for os, oracle bins and swap + one raid 1+0 for
> data,archivelogs and control files
> or
> One Raid 1 for os, oracle bins and first control file, one single disc
> for second controlfile and swap and raid 5 for data, archivelogs and
> third control file
> or
> Three discs without raid- one disc for os,swap and first ctrfile, one
> disc for oracle binaries, swap and second ctrfile and one disc for swap
> and third ctrl file. Then one raid 5 for data files and archivelogs.
> or
> ???
>
> Comments?
>
> Adding more discs is not an option right now...
>
> CentOS or RedHat and 10gr2
>
> --ph
>

Six?!? What a luxury... SAME (Stripe and Mirror Everything). Fast and Safe (but relatively expensive). That would be raid01, not 10.

Else:
Disks 1 and 2: OS and Oracle binaries.
Disks 3-6: ASM disk group (possibly 1 hot spare)

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

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