Re: Is Raid 5 really that bad for Oracle?

On 2004-08-02, Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:
> omlet wrote:
>
>> Are these the only options?
>>
>> why not check other options as well: RAID0 -- RAID10 ( a mirror of
>> stripes) and perhaps stripe of mirrors (available in Veritas products).
>
> Also available as part of Oracle ASM without the purchase of a
> third-party product.

Anything beyond local attached storage (which is just plain foolish from an engineering perspective) is going to involve the purchase of 3rd party product.

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