Re: 18.2GB Hard Drive

Art S. Kagel wrote: > > Mark D. Stock wrote: > > > > Carroll, Kevin wrote: > > > > This is absurd. Am I to understand that > > > Informix cannot handle larger drives? Please help. > > > I always recommend buying lots of small disks, for performance. In terms > > of performance, I WOULD ignore the 4.2GB, but if you need to use it, > > then create 6 x 2GB partitions for RAW access, then mount the remaining > > 6.2GB and use COOKED chunks. Not good for performance, but utilises the > > disk. > > > If you haven't paid for the disk yet, go and swap it for some smaller > > ones. ;-) > > Actually, Mark, I agree with you. That is a great and sober > recommendation. Replacing that 18.2GB drive with 9 2.1GB drives or 5 > 4.2GB higher performance drives will allow Carol to stripe the drives > and increase performance by serveral times. I took Carol's problem too > literally myself and did not deal with the whole issue of why use an > 18G drive in the first place, beyond cost of course. > > Art S. Kagel Sigh, There are several reasons that one would want to use a large drive. First, lets say that the avg seek time is not revelant. (You get better performance if you have multiple smaller drives. More heads, more arms, etc ...) But with more drives, you have the following: More power requirements, More heat, More possible points of failure. The more drives you have, the more likeyly one will fail. Oh, and of course, more space. Literally you can build an Intel based system with an incredible small footprint. Cobalt sells a Linux/Apache plug n play box that's approx 6" cube or 8" cube. Putting a single 18Gig drive makes perfect sense. With single board computers, you can even get a smaller footprint. What, Intel offers a 82559 chip for 100/10 MB Ethernet. Your video chipset for SVGA 1024x768 is what a 3 chip set. SCSI/EIDE are also becoming smaller chipsets, so you can easily build embedded systems. (Smaller chipsets running on lower voltage (3.3 vs 5.0) means less heat, and lower power requirements.) It all depends on the application.... -Just food for thought. -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> /* Mike Segel (MS385) */ #include <No_Spam.h> #ifdef OFFENDED_BY_CONTENT The author takes no responsibility for this post. Any resembalence to a coherent rational thought is purely coincidence. -The Management. #endif ***************************** * Attention * -*- Due to AGIS's Refusal to Act Responsibly -*- Due to ACSI's latest actions, they have been pardoned. [E.Spire] We are blocking all of their domains at the packet level. This block will exist until they modify their policies to conform to existing RFCs and net community standards. We encourage all ISPs and domain holders to do the same. *****************************