Hold on a minute. I run Oracle on my laptop just fine with a single drive. It would also scream with an EMC disk array attached to it. It really depends on the application(s)/user(s) you are supporting. If they can save a bunch of money and the performance impact is minimal there is no trouble with the cheaper solution. There are plenty of Oracle installations supporting small transactional systems. - Ethan
-----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L This guy is full of it. According to Loney & Theriault in Oracle8i DBA Handbook ch. 4 - Physical DB Layouts. The minimum recommended is 7 HD's. The ideal is 22. You are much better off with more smaller size drives than with fewer larger sized drives. My $0.02 worth, Ken Janusz, CPIM Database Conversion Lead Sufficient System, Inc. Minneapolis, MN -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Post, Ethan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
