Re: RAID Storage
From: james.mumper <jimm_at_cbnews.cb.att.com>
Date: 1995/11/29
Message-ID: <DIt8AF.HqG_at_nntpa.cb.att.com>#1/1
Date: 1995/11/29
Message-ID: <DIt8AF.HqG_at_nntpa.cb.att.com>#1/1
In article <49fr99$kce_at_news.vanderbilt.edu>,
Randy Fought <foughtrl_at_ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
>We want to have a 50GB database on Oracle running
>on an Intel/NT machine. We are considering a RAID
>device as our means of storage. Do you think this is
>a good idea? If so, which RAID level would you recommend?
>
>Randy
>
Yes, it's a good idea. I have a >20GB database running on Intel/NT with a RAID cabinet. For fastest I/O, use RAID 0. If data integrity is crucial, use RAID 1, 3, or 5 depending on how many disks you have. I can recreate my database very quickly from archives of the data feeds, so I don't worry about losing a disk drive.
Jim Mumper
AT&T
Oracle DBA
Received on Wed Nov 29 1995 - 00:00:00 CET