Re: Configuring disc drives

In article <707ilj$o2e$1@news.xmission.com>, PCrompton@CLERK-OF-COURT.co.lee.fl.us (Paul Crompton) wrote: > > We are just getting ready to install our new HP-UX system with an EMC > drive. > The EMC Symmetrix 3330-18 is 12 physical discs with 217GB Raw capacity. > We > will be loading a new application and Informix on this machine. > > My question is how I should or should not have the EMC drive > configured. My > hardware guy is tossing out lots of options, mostly I think to delay > installing the system, such as do I want 2G or 4G drives, stripped and > RAID > level. I understand the terms but being new to Informix I was wondering > if > there is an optimal configuration, or a configuration that I should not > have. > > Thanks In advance for any advice. > > Paul Crompton, Informix DBA > Lee County Clerk of Courts > pcrompton@clerk-of-court.co.lee.fl.us > * Paul EXT. 2270 > > Trying digging back through the cdi archives at www.iiug.org, Art Kagel has regularly posted RAID type answers. 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