Re: 18.2GB Hard Drive

Art S. Kagel wrote: > > Mark D. Stock wrote: > > > > Carroll, Kevin wrote: > > > > This is absurd. Am I to understand that > > > Informix cannot handle larger drives? Please help. > > > I always recommend buying lots of small disks, for performance. In terms > > of performance, I WOULD ignore the 4.2GB, but if you need to use it, > > then create 6 x 2GB partitions for RAW access, then mount the remaining > > 6.2GB and use COOKED chunks. Not good for performance, but utilises the > > disk. > > > If you haven't paid for the disk yet, go and swap it for some smaller > > ones. ;-) > > Actually, Mark, I agree with you. There's a first time for everything. :-) > That is a great and sober > recommendation. Replacing that 18.2GB drive with 9 2.1GB drives or 5 > 4.2GB higher performance drives will allow Carol to stripe the drives > and increase performance by serveral times. I took Carol's problem too > literally myself and did not deal with the whole issue of why use an > 18G drive in the first place, beyond cost of course. I didn't see your reply, though the list has been playing up. I once heard that when asked why we have a maximum of 2GB for chunks, someone answered; because 2GB disks are the fastest. But I don't know how much truth there is in that. By the way, it's Kevin, and not Carol. :-) His surname is Carroll. Easy mistake when they are reversed, I know. ;-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+