Re: Informix and RAID

In article <6ve190$7e$1@news.xmission.com>, Craig.Lessor@divx.com () wrote: > > Are there any whit-papers or other info on configuration of a data > wharehouse and RAID? I will be configuring an 8.2 server and am > considering hardware RAID over fragmentation. Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance! > Craig Lessor > > > There was an article in one the Informix Tech Notes. IMHO stay clear of everything except hardware mirroring. The only recent testing I've done was a little over 2 years ago and mirroring was significantly faster than any of the RAID combinations tried. Its just not as cheap. You also might like to dig through the cdi archives. Art Kagel has said some good things in the past about RAID Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.co.uk