Re: Online 5.0, SCO Open Server 5 and DPT SmartRaid IV

David Williams wrote } }In article <01bb9b94$2540f620$0200a8c0@default>, "Ronald E. Major" }>[snipped] }>I have looked at a few RAID subsystems and found the DPT SmartRaid IV to }>be the best for the price. Now I want to know as much about the issues }>surrounding }>RAID and Online 5.0 before I commit to any decision. Any thoughts or ideas }>would be greatly appreciated. } } I've heard that you should try to avoid RAID 5 as it has slow write } performance. There's little other information out there so most } places use straight mirroring. It's very depending on the RAID solution and implementation. Baydel has a white paper discussing Informix at RAID systems. You can ask or check out: + glenn@baydel.com + glenn@gbrack.demon.co.uk + http://www.baydel.com/ -- Chris Drauch <cdr@xteam.co.at> ... just speaking for myself ...