Re: sharing disk

Posted in 1999

Vic Glass — Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:27:08 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

cnsxxx9@my-deja.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have two databases (Oracle and Informix) sharing the same disk sub- > system to store the data. So do I. It was not my choice. We have four Informix instances on a machine (IBM RS/6000) that also has about 25 Oracle instances. > > > 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? We have been allocated a certain amount of raw disk via a volume manager. Apparently the volume manager parcels out disk - how it implements this is transparent to us. So, no from the disk perspective this is not a bad idea. More important is memory and cpus, which are resources for which there is potential competition. > > > 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.