From: Bryan Lenihan <bryanle@lenisoft.com>
Subject: Re: RAID 5
Date: 1998/02/02
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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