Re: Need advice on RAID5

Bobolink wrote:
>
> Rob Heemskerk (rheemske_at_gak.nl) wrote:
> : Is there anyboby out there who has any experience with Oracle
> : databases and RAID5 and would like to share it with me?
>
> One comment: Oracle doesn't like RAID, especially RAID5. We
> learned that the hard way. Either mirror (RAID1) or don't use
> RAID at all.

Well, technically, Oracle has no clue what RAID level you are running. So, why does it care one way or another. Now, depending on your application, funds, disk space and other issues, Oracle may perform better under different level of RAID.

RAID 0+1 is a nice option if you have the disk space.

-- 
Neil Greene
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