I was the DBA for 3 years for the app Steve is working on. It won't be happy on one RAID4 volume with 5 disks.
Jared On Tuesday 18 December 2001 12:40, Post, Ethan wrote: > 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: Jared Still 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).
