Re: Is Raid 5 really that bad for Oracle?

From: Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_yahoo.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:48:53 GMT
Message-ID: <9P5Qc.26521$T_6.17924@edtnps89>

Daniel Morgan wrote:

> Noons wrote:
>

>> Connor McDonald apparently said,on my timestamp of 3/08/2004 10:15 PM:
>> 
>>>
>>> Result: - They've halved the number of spindles
>>> - They've not enough disk space
>>> but hey...at least we've got a SAN
>> 
>> 
>> Wait until the IT damager decides to go to a NAS
>> because it's "better value"...

>
> The performance difference between SAN and NAS used to be of critical
> importance. I am not seeing enough difference these days to justify
> the huge difference in price. Is anyone having a different experience?
>

Is that NAS in general or NetApp in particular?

/H Received on Wed Aug 04 2004 - 08:48:53 CDT