Re: Informix and RAID?
Posted in 1996
jvemo@cyberspace.com (Jon C Vemo) writes: >At 08:57 AM 9/27/96 GMT, Derek wrote: >[clipped] >> >>The issues with RAID don't stop here. Different RAID systems have very >>different capabilities when it comes to handling disk and data errors. >>Again, only last week one RAID vendor posted a query in one of the >>database newsgroups asking if the RDBMS had its own disk bad block list. >>Why? I guess they don't trust their data, so why should you? >> >Glenn/Derek - >I would be interested in hearing more about Informix with RAID. We have >looked briefly at RAID a few times, most recently a month or two ago. Most >of what I see, is not promissing (Our h/w vendor just completed some >benchmarks with another vendors raid h/w, and performance, for the most >part, was poor). >I'm always interested in hearing other opinions. >Jon >-------------------------------------- >Jon C. Vemo >jvemo@cyberspace.com >Bothell, WA USA >-------------------------------------- There are some Informix RAID 7 user documentaries at http://www.storage.com/informix.html M Willett Storage Computer http://www.storage.com/