Re: RAID 5

From: Bryan Lenihan <bryanle_at_lenisoft.com>
Date: 1998/02/02
Message-ID: <6b3nun$nsi@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>#1/1

I would think that hardware based RAID-5 would be OK. I would recommend another RAID, however like 1/0. Raid-5 does provide the ultimate in protection, but I have seen performance problems (UNIX and NT) when using the RAID - 5.

I did have problems using NT soft RAID-5 (or stripping with parity) before we switch to hardware RAID-5.

Thanks,
Bryan

Moshe Tamir wrote:

> One of my clients is planning to run Oracle 7.2.5 on HP with 3-4 Gig
> data on RAID 5 device. The application is heavy OLTP.
>
> I read that RAID 5 may not be stable enough for this.
>
> Can anyone add to this discussion with some specific information?
>
> Thanks, MOSHE
Received on Mon Feb 02 1998 - 00:00:00 CST