Re: Stability of Oracle8 on Linux?

Daniel Tisserand <danielt_at_physics.angelo.edu> writes:

> If you are using heavy disk I/O, switch from EIDE to SCSI. The EIDE disks
> will not hold up under linux. When the OS wants to write, it writes.
> Several simultaneous requests tends to corrupt EIDE drives, SCSI has no
> problem. We had a DNS primary server that you could tell time by when it
> ate the hard drive. No EIDE drive lasted longer than 3 months. Has been
> running U/W SCSI for 1.5yrs with no problem.
>

Heavy IO occures not so often. And the disk is stil OK. fs is OK too. Do you mean a linux eide driver bug?

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Sincerely Yours, Konstantin Kivi, Russia, konst_at_sirena.rinet.ru

    aka <k-kivi_at_usa.net>, 2:5020/457.24_at_fidonet.org Received on Tue Mar 02 1999 - 08:29:38 CST