Re: sharing disk

I don't believe that there's any inherent reason why you shouldn't allow the two servers to share a disk. The normal conditions will apply; you don't want to the overall i/os to the disk too high. For example, having Informix's physical log and Oracle's re-do logs on a single disk could thrash it. You'll also want to consider that your disk will be a single point of failure for both servers. Neil cnsxxx9@my-deja.com wrote in message <7knnl4$55b$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... >Hi, > >I have two databases (Oracle and Informix) sharing the same disk sub- >system to store the data. > >Is there any *specific* reason why this is a bad idea, i.e. any reason >why this would be worse than two Oracle instances sharing the same disk >sub-system, for example? > >TIA > >chris.shaw (AT) barclays.net >[replace (AT) with @ to reply] > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Share what you know. Learn what you don't.