Re: best way to partition for installing oracle

Danny wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i need a lot of information on what is the best way to set up the harddisk
> for installing an oracle server.
> the installation will be done on a Windows NT Server 4.0 Stand Alone server;
> the amount of diskspace is 18 GB (not much but our company isn't that big).
> no Raid controller, just a straight forward IDE harddrive.
>
> if i want to partition it this way, can you tell me of it is recommendeble?
>
> one primairy partitioning NTFS formatted size: 2048 MB for the operating
> system.
> the rest is extended; as for the logical drives: 2 logical drives: the first
> NTFS formatted size 2048 for the Swapfile, the rest of the logical drive is
> for the installation of the Oracle runtime and datafiles. or is it best
> having separate partitions for the Oracle runtime and datafiles? Or do I
> have to set up stripe-set?
>
> i know the OTN.ORACLE.COM site having the documentation; and having the
> installation guide for installing Oracle, but i would like the best way of
> setting up the partitioning.
>
> Danny

If you are talking about a single physical disk it doesn't matter what you do. Partitioning in Windows is meaningless without multiple disks, RAID, striping, etc.

Daniel Morgan Received on Mon Nov 04 2002 - 17:43:36 CST