Re: Informix Online on IBM Netfinity

Posted in 1999

David Williams — Sat, 15 May 1999 20:14:49 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <37175964.DC@bloomberg.net>, Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.net> writes >Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> >> >we want to buy an IBM Netfinity 5500 M20 (2 PIII Xeon) and run >> >Online 5.02.UC6 on it under SCO-UNIX 3.2v5.0.5. >> > >> >Has anybody run this constellation? >> > >> >I've read in this Forum about troubles with Informix and RAID. Is it >> so? >> > >> >Any warnings, considerations and/or comments >> >a greatly appreciated >> >> RAID sucks, more particularly RAID5. Avoid like the plague. > >RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 > I've got a simpler chant I use (for those who do not know what RAID 10 is) ... STRIPE ACROSS YOUR MIRRORS.. Ar well, dodgy setup mate..you want to ..STRIPE ACROSS YOUR MIRRORS ...thats what you want to do!! >This subliminal message brought to ou by: > >Art S. Kagel -- David Williams