Re: mirroring vs. multiplexing

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:36:28 -0500, hastenthunder wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Do I still need to multiplex control files and online redo files since our
> Linux box is being mirrored?
>
> Oracle recommendation says yes, but I do not really understand the
> reasoning. Why would multiplexing the same file to different disks provide
> "more" fault-tolerance than disk mirroring?
>
> Thanks

I'm confused ... do you really believe that mirroring would protect you from a deliberate (or accidental) erase of the file or the directory? Received on Thu Dec 23 2004 - 01:10:23 CST