Re: Informix DSA and RAID 5

On 7 May 97 at 19:41, Jason A. Baines wrote: > Can anybody shed any light on the advantages / disadvantages of using > RAID 5 technology with our Informix DSA system. > > ie somebody told me that the optimiser might not perform to its full > benefits and table fragmentation would not be as useful. It's got people who love it and people who hate it. I hate it. I'd rather control my own placement strategy and use Informix mirroring for crucial DBspaces. FWIW. -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Kuwait City TAURUS Apr. 20 - May 20 You are practical and persistent. You have dogged determination and work like hell. Most people think you are stubborn and bullheaded. You are nothing but a goddam communist.