You should ask the vendor what sort of database performance requirements they have so you have a starting point.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Favorite DB hard drive config? Oh right. Needs to be free. With purchase. This is for a new medical records system at will probably be accessed by 800+ staff at any given time. System is client server, so middle-tier app servers do the communication with the database, but this will be heavily used. System is fairly complex and we expect constant use from our clinical staff. While it's not SAS, it's big for us. >>> Brian Desmond <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 10/27/2011 3:58 PM >>> This isn’t about favorites, it’s about workload requirements, business continuity requirements, and what solution will meet those and other requirements (e.g. cost). Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Favorite DB hard drive config? Hi Folks, I've been watching the various recent threads about RAID and disk configurations. I've been burned several times on RAID 1 and RAID 5 configs. A drive fails, and so doe the entire array. So much for RAID. That said, I'm soon to build a new database server (SQL, Windows 2008). There will be a number of large databases on the system (maybe 1T to start). What are your suggestions? I recall someone mentioned an IBM server that had some sort of "grid" disk redundancy and that sounded cool. Just looking for your thoughts on this. I usually by Dell but any vendor is fine. Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
