Re: Oracle configuration on Enterprise E450

From: Przemek B±k <przemolicc_at_poczta.>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:59:48 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrnau66q3.12n.przemolicc@przemek.pgf.com.pl>

Darren Dunham <ddunham_at_redwood.taos.com> wrote:
> In comp.unix.solaris Mike Bromwich <mike_at_pdms.com> wrote:

> > Hi

>

> > I need to run Oracle/Solaris 9 on an E450 with 10 x 4Gb HDDs. Does
> > anyone have any advice on how to distribute the OS, database, data,
> > logs etc. across the 10 drives? The server is to be used for
> > development purposes only, and not with huge databases. However, given
> > that the server has 10 disks, I would like to use them intelligenty.

>
> I've seen oracle papers now recommending SAME (Stripe And Mirror
> Everything), and that tends to be an easier environment to administer
> than putting individual components in particular places.
>
> The only problem with striping a lot of disks is that it's difficult to
> add to a large stripe base.
>
> If you have 10 disks, I'd do..
>
> 2 OS disks (mirrored) -> / (root)
> 8 data disks (4 way stripe + mirroring) -> /oradata1 (db, index, logs..)
>
> This has the disadvantage that you'd want to add disks in groups of 8 to
> extend the volume and filesystem in the future.

Not necessary.
He can metadetach one submirror, recreate new stripe (including new disks), copy data from "old" mirror into the new stripe, destroy the mirror, create new ("secondary") stripe and metattach it so he gets new mirror.

przemol Received on Tue Nov 26 2002 - 00:59:48 CST