Re: SE and big databases or RAID

Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no writes: >> mac@antares-dev.com (Miguel A. Caldera) writes: >> >> I know this is will generate remarks like "Use Online, stupid!", but... >> >> Also, he plans on placing the SE dbs on a RAID system. Anybody ever done >> this? I can't think of a reason to hae a problem, but hey, anything >> is possible. >Using RAID with SE should be no problem except for a possible degradation >of performance. Some RAID solutions may give better performance. I have no >experience, so this is only from what I have read. If mirrored disks are >supported by the OS you may see better performance. >Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no >NM-data, Aasesvei 71, 1300 Sandvika, Norway >My opinions are those of my company God morgen Nils, The "possible degradation" in performance refers to RAID 5, as noted here at Storage Computer over 10 years ago. These intrinsic performance handicaps in RAID 5 have all been more than taken care of in the RAID 7 real time operating system, now working with big databases in over 30 countries, including Norway. Mike Willett, Storage Computer Corp., http://www.storage.com/ http://www.storage.com/norway.html