In article <77hkme$mp0$1_at_news.kolumbus.fi>, jarmo.blomster_at_ccc.fi says...
> Hi,
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> Is there any experiences about placing data files (table space+index space)
> on Digital Raid Array 310/3000 with HSZ22 controllers. The RAID level will
> be 5.
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> To my knowledge there is 16 MB cache available, how much does the cache
> speed up write operations?
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> How do I estimate the effect of cache in this environment?
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> TIA,
> Jarmo
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Raid 5 has a write penalty. I would not put archives or redos on a Raid
5 drive. Why not Raid 0 + 1? You get redundnacy and speed. RZs are
cheap these days. Get your Digital/Compaq rep to bring in a disk
specialist.
Liz
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Received on Fri Jan 15 1999 - 15:01:35 CST
