I think that with higher priced systems, this does become an urban legend for just the reasons you cite. We run into this problem all the time.
RF Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP Oracle DBA Technical Lead CSX Midtier Database Administration The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him. -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:33 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP wrote: > > But disk is cheap, right...? > Or is that yet another Urban Legend??? Yes, that's another Urban Legend. Disk DRIVES are cheap, disk SPACE is not so cheap. Consider this example: I have a disk cabinet with 24 slots and 23 disks. The 24th disk is cheap, but how much does the 25th disk cost? In addition to the disk drive we need a cabinet, controllers, cache, host adapters, cables, floor space, environmental controls, installation, configuration, management, maintenance contract, and on and on. Mark Stahlke Oracle DuhBA Denver Newspaper Agency -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stahlke, Mark 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Freeman, Robert 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).