Re: HP vs Informix mirroring

In article <350EEDF9.187C@po1.cobe.com>, Ed Bidinotto <eb06709@po1.cobe.com> writes >We are running HP-UX 10.20 with Informix 7.23UC1 and are looking at >either working with Raid 5 or going with scsi mirroring. We have seen >great performance with raid 0+1 on another server and have not had great >results with raid 5 so here's my question to the masses. > >Does anyone have any stats on performance or even recommendations as to >which one of the above is better? I've always heard that if you are >going to be mirroring - then go with Informix however I think that >person just said that because they didn't know anything about HPUX >mirroring. I don't know the pros and cons, hopefully someone does. > Either work. Yes avoid RAID 5 because writes are slow. I'd probably go with hardware mirroring which is invisible to UNIX and Informix.. >All ideas, recommendations, suggestions are welcome. > >Tks in advance >Ed > >edbid @ cobe.com -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care