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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: OFA Architecture with RAID
Do you still need multiple (4?) mount points if your file system is on a
raid? Doesn't that take care of the thing you are trying to prevent
automatically?
Mike
Steve Phelan wrote:
> OFA deals with having enough mount points to save you from a single drive
> failure. It doesn't include any RAID (or non-RAID) fault tolerant
> features. In other words, you don't have to follow OFA to the letter as
> you can build in some of it's features using your hardware.
>
> As regards which bits to put where, you'll really have to look at the
> uptime/recover-time you want plus the read/write performance of each part
> of your database you expect. None of this can be answered without a very
> good knowledge of your system.
>
> Read up on Oracle before you jump in on this, and get some consultancy.
>
> Steve Phelan
>
> (Oracle 7 & 8 OCP)
>
> Scott Patterson wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anyone out there had any insights or suggestions on
> > how to configure a 7 disk compaq box running windows nt and Oracle
> > 8.05. I have read about the OFA architecture and wish to be compliant
> > along those parameters, but I am a bit confused how to also take
> > advantage of RAID technologies as well. I will have the ability to mix
> > and match different RAID levels along the 7 drives, however Im not
> > sure what OFA tablespaces should be say RAID1 and which should be
> > RAID5 or whatever other RAID levels should be considered. I generally
> > will be following the default tablespace schemas of the OFA
> > architecture.
> >
> > I would appreciate any insights on this subject,
> >
> > thanks Scott
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