Re: Is Raid 5 really that bad for Oracle?

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:06:22 +1000
Message-ID: <4110b505$0$6935$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

omlet apparently said,on my timestamp of 4/08/2004 5:57 AM:

> Where did you get this crap from? A simple cache would do? A disk is prune
> to crash;

"Prone". Not "prune"!
LOL!
> Actually a post "NO REDO LOGS ALLOWED" should be posted on
> every disk array.

It actually is. But nobody notices...

>
> Now the archived logs are another story; again checked for corruption by
> the archiver they would be best suited for tapes and MOST IMPORTANTLY
> SNAPSHOTS. why waste disks and shelve space!

Because disk drives and disk units ARE a lot cheaper and faster than tapes. Duh?

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Nuno Souto
wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam

Received on Wed Aug 04 2004 - 05:06:22 CDT