Re: RAID 5 and OFA

Ron Nettleton wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Is it safe to say (or too general) that if using RAID 5, you don't really
> have to worry about separating your data and index files? I understand that
> Redo and Temp files should go on RAID 1 (mirrored) devices due to the write
> intensive operation. The DB will be in a Windows NT environment and used
> primarily for OLTP (with batch inserts/updates done after hours).
>
> Thanks for any help

        You would be better off observing OFA in order to assure a smooth
transition away from RAID 5 once your I/O performance requirements exceed
the limits of your RAID 5 box.

-- 
Jerry Gitomer
Once I learned how to spell DBA, I became one