Re: RAID: 0, 3, or 5?

From: Christoph Torlinsky <ctorlins_at_crl4.crl.com>
Date: 1997/06/26
Message-ID: <5osmg9$2ce$1_at_nnrp1.crl.com>#1/1


In comp.databases.oracle ltost_at_systemautomation.com wrote:
: Unfortunately, our RAID box can only implement RAID levels 0, 3, or 5.
: We'll be running on an RS/6000 under AIX 4.2 (3.2 for now). The RAID unit
: is a Box Hill 530. I'm not sure how many or how big the disks are right
: now. I was planning on having it configured into RAID 0+1, 1 and possibly
: 5 (since we do have much read only or at least write rarely data).
 

: Would anyone care to make any recommendations? What about RAID 0 for the
: redo logs, and control files? I could mirror them using Oracle, correct?
: But what about rollback and data? Level 0 is no good for that, right? I
: hear awful things about level 3 and level 5 has crappy write performance.
 

: Any responses would be appreciated... we're going to have to configure
: this thing tomorrow (we've put it off long enough). So the sooner the
: better for any responses.
 

: Thanks.
 

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