How's about price? That's pretty important to some folk. :) Rich
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Zito [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:14 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Raid 1 vs Raid 5 for tablespaces > > > > > The _only_ even theoretical advantage to software RAID-0 is > that software > RAID implementations tend to have more flexibility than the > hardware ones. > For example, there are a number of software RAID > implementations that allow > you to grow RAID-0 volumes, something that is generally not allowed in > hardware RAID, and most of those allow you to do it online. > Some of the > better software RAID implementations even allow for online volume type > conversion - from RAID-1 to RAID-5 when adding a third disk > to a mirrored > pair, as a random example. > > Beyond that, there's no reason to have software RAID. Any > other extraneous > advantages can be gleaned by using a traditional VM on top of hardware > RAID-ed devices. And even some of that stuff is better in > hardware. :) > > Thanks, > Matt > > -- > Matthew Zito > GridApp Systems -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
