Re: RAID5 and ORACLE

From: Scott T. Johnson <sjohnson_at_ibm.net>
Date: 1996/07/25
Message-ID: <31F81A2C.5B2D_at_ibm.net>#1/1


RAID 5 with insert, update, delete heavy database: bad RAID 5 with select database: good

It's actually a little more complicated but thats the basics. Oracle has a bulletin on using Raid 5. I don't have access to it now. I can let you know more when I do.

Scott

Jan Timmermans wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone give some infomation or remarks about the use of a RAID5
> system with an ORACLE server.
> We are setting up an ORACLE databank on an NT server and where wondering
> what the consequences would be of using RAID5: security, perfomance,
> ...
>
> The specifiactions of the system are:
>
> Oracle 7.2 for NT.
>
> Hardware : Pentium Pro 200Mhz
> 128 Mb EDO RAM
> 3 x 2 Gbyte HP SureStore disks (SCSI-2)
>
> Operating system : Win NT 3.51
>
> Anyone experience with RAID5 and Oracle, please contact me.
>
> Thanks!
Received on Thu Jul 25 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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