RE: 36 gig array as 1 raw device.

Why do U have a raid controller when it is configured with no fault tolerance. Chuck it out or add more disks. All u have is 2 disks stripped together. When you do proper DB planning you will find that your tables {DBSPACES} need to be separate disks. Do you know what disks you have. Rather get 4 9 Gigs. More spindles/disks more speed. I hope your disks are at least 10 000 RPM + Ultra 160 SCSII {160 MByte/s}. Seagate just launched 15 000 RPM {3.9 ms seek} disks about a month ago. Fire your VAR. -----Original Message----- From: Brian London [SMTP:blondon@jmrodgers.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 9:42 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: 36 gig array as 1 raw device. Folks, I'm hoping someone can shed some light here. It is my understanding that Dynamic Server 7.3 can only "see" 2 gig chunks and no bigger. My Var has configured an array of 36 gig, (2 18 gig drives) as one raw device on SCO 5.0.5 through a Mylex controller. Now if I calculate the pages ...Can I use this one raw device for the entire database and put in the offsets for what would amount to roughly 18 2 gig chunks?? If so what would some pitfalls be if any? Brian London J.M. Rodgers Co., Inc Duty Drawback Specialists 245 Woodport Rd Sparta, NJ 07871 (973) 729-6700 x114