Re: ORACLE 7 and RAID

In article <2ed678$kqq_at_elna.ethz.ch> MOSERT_at_EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (MOSER,TIM) writes:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I would be glad to hear from some people using a ORACLE on a raid
>(1 or 5). I don't know if it is a good idea to install the database
>devices on a raid 5 system. I heard on the Sybase news that Sybase
>will kill (mark suspect) a database located on a raid 5 if one drive
>fails. Don't ask me why. I would like to know if we could have the same
>problem using a Orcale on a raid 5 ???
>
>By the way, we are thinking about a new RDBMS. What should we take?
>Oracle 7 or Sybase 10 ?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>
> Tim
>

We are using Oracle v6 (running Oracle Financials) under RAID 5 and have not experienced any technical problems other than the expected hit on performance. We are using the DAC RAID controller and its hot standby feature has really saved us a lot of time. I lost four (4) disk drives in the period of two weeks and experienced NO down time. The automatic switch over and re-build feature works very well and Oracle database and applications showed no adverse reaction during the switch over. Having this capability far out weighs the cost of the performance hit I get in using RAID 5 (IMHO). Stan Taylor
Intergraph Corporation

E-mail:	setaylor_at_ingr.com
Phone:	(205) 730-8540