RE: Informix Mirroring

Posted in 1999

William Rice — Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:02:41 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I would use mirroring through the Veritas. If only because then you can have a hot spare which will kick in if you lose a drive. Will >===== Original Message From jaymond@communitycoffee.com (Jay Aymond) ===== >I have a question about mirroring. > >I am running Informix 7.24 on a 3 processor Sun ES3500. > >Disks are fiber attached drives. > >My question is: > >(1) Which is better --- Informix mirroring or mirroring thru Veritas volume >manager? > >(2) If I use Informix mirroring are there any problems? Someone told me that >if the Primary Chunk is lost, then the database will crash. The database will >only continue running if the Mirror Chunk is lost. Is this true? > > >___________________________________________________________ >Jay Aymond >Community Coffee >jaymond@communitycoffee.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------