Re: Using oracle with RAID??

Bob Gagnon wrote:
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> Scott PG wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have any experience of setting up oracle databases using RAID-5
> > technology. Any do's and dont's would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Scott
> > City University
> >
> > Tel: 0171-477-8000 (Ext. 3745)
> > Email: P.G.Scott_at_city.ac.uk
> >
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> BAD MOVE
>
> Read the articles on the net from sun world and other mag's. Databases
> do not perform well on Raid They are already built to provide stable
> recovery if installed properly. If you spend a little time you'll find
> enough to stop this bad plan. Mirror your re-do/archives and have
> better performance with safety.

How then do you get the required disk space? We are getting ready to bring up a moderately sized (10G) 7.2 instance up on a RAID-5. This seemed the easiest way to get the size 'disk' that we needed.

Jim St.Cyr
Hillsborough, NJ Received on Wed Jun 05 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST