Re: RAID vs Informix-Mirroring

Posted in 2003

Coder — 2 Nov 2003 19:38:40 -0600 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Markus Bschorer" <mb@worxbox.com> wrote: >Hi guys, > >what is better for performance: Using RAID-1 for the Harddisk, containing >the DBChunks or let IDS do the mirroring over not raided Harddisks? > >Thanks for your answers! > >Bye >Markus > > Raid 1 would definetly be better. I've tried both. Due to scsii hardware constraints (device only allows so many luns) we had to go with raid 0,1. Speed definetly improves, but you don't have hands on control of the mirrors and have to rely on your system staff to watch the hardware. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =---