Re: RAID 5 Question

On Tue, 24 Jan 1995 15SAS133.HQAMC@MHS.SAFB.AF.MIL wrote: > We are currently evaluating and testing Online 5.0 on a RAID 5 box from > Storage Concepts and are seeking recomendations on the feasibility of > this configuration. Has anybody had experiences (good or bad) with a > similar configuration? We have a large database (170 tables) which > is used primarily for historical data which has been replicated from a > larger system. Most access to the data will be reads not writes. . > Is RAID 5 a fast and accurate solution? Our database tends to be primarily READ, so we have it on the RAID5. This is beneficial to overall database performance, and certainly lets you rest more easily knowing you can pull a disk out, and still have all your data. The writes aren't exactly excruciatingly slow. They are more than satisfactory for our needs. B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Brian P. Hampson Internet: brian@asl-labs.bc.ca | |System Administration, | |Analytical Service Labs Fidonet : Brian Hampson 1:153/733 | |Vancouver, BC | | | | Specialists in Environmental Chemistry | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------