Re: Informix 7.X and RAID 5

Posted in 1995

"Andy Kent" — Tue, 18 Apr 1995 09:06:01 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

RAID is, on the whole, very bad for performance on write-intensive systems. If you look at the section on Recommended Disk Placement in the OnLine Administrator's Guide you'll soon realise that there's no way some of the suggested *physical* arhitectures can be achieved in a RAID environment. akent@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andy Kent) ------------------------------------------------ Freelance Informix Database Specialist, Redland, Bristol, England