Re: Informix and RAID

Posted in 2004

Paul Watson — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:37:34 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Everybody duck, Art is heading this way :-)) Maybe he's mellowed with age:-) dbsolution@gmail.com wrote: > I think that as long as the RAID 5 controller has a reasonable > write-back cache memory ( 256Mb seems to be the standard now) and you > are talking about a small to medium size Informix installation, RAID-5 > is a OK solution. Without a write-back cache is a bad choice indeed. > Just my 2 cents. > -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #

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John Carlson — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:57:45 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:37:34 +0000, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote: >Everybody duck, Art is heading this way :-)) > Too late. >Maybe he's mellowed with age:-) Huh? I'd doubt it . . . 8-) > > >dbsolution@gmail.com wrote: > >> I think that as long as the RAID 5 controller has a reasonable >> write-back cache memory ( 256Mb seems to be the standard now) and you >> are talking about a small to medium size Informix installation, RAID-5 >> is a OK solution. Without a write-back cache is a bad choice indeed. >> Just my 2 cents. >>

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Paul Watson — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:07:25 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

John Carlson wrote: > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:37:34 +0000, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> > wrote: > > >>Everybody duck, Art is heading this way :-)) >> > > > Too late. > > >>Maybe he's mellowed with age:-) > > > Huh? I'd doubt it . . . 8-) > I hope not, you are supposed to get old disgracefully -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #