RE: new server - NO RAID5 !!!!

Posted in 2003

Dirk Moolman — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:00:05 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Art S. Kagel Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:25 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: new server - NO RAID5 !!!! [snip] > too little knowledge of the storage area network to be comfortable with that statement. Any documentation or advice regarding implementation of the > storage area network would be greatly appreciated. >Smart man! I heard from a support engineer (won't mention any names) recently, that many companies are moving away from SAN. It probably depends on how complicated the entire system / setup is. Personally I prefer to have dedicated disk for each server. sending to informix-list