Re: Balance I/O

From: <fitzjarrell_at_cox.net>
Date: 18 Jul 2006 14:38:59 -0700
Message-ID: <1153258739.602968.264530@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>

Mladen Gogala wrote:
> astalavista wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I try to balance I/O, I use sar -d ( AIX 5.1 , oracle 9.2.0.4 )
> > Is it a good idea to decrease the disks which are near 100% busy ?
> > ( 90% busy is it a low throuput disk ? )
> > Is it the right direction to look at %busy ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance ...
> >
> >
>
> Whaddya mean by "decrease the disks"? Get rid of surplus tracks by using
> a hacksaw or rasp? I'm not sure that it's a good idea. Second, tuning is
> a hard thing to do, but decreasing usage of something that completely
> used up sounds like a plan. Exactly how do you do that?
>
>
> --
> Mladen Gogala
> http://www.mgogala.com

I'll bet a method can be found in any of the Rampant Press offerings ...

David Fitzjarrell Received on Tue Jul 18 2006 - 16:38:59 CDT