Re: Informix and Raid7

Posted in 1997

Michael E Willett — Fri, 10 Oct 1997 02:30:21 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

dkulkarn@ix.netcom.com (Devkant N. Kulkarni) writes: >Has anybody out there implemented Raid 7 with informix, did you see a >preformance improvement? I heard that any sort of Raid fragments the >database too much is this true? >Also, Is there any utility that can be used to check the intergrity of >the data backed up, rather than crossing your fingers and hope the >restore works. This is for 5.07UC2 running on HPK420/10.01. >TIA >David K >David Kulkarni >Systems Administrator >email: dkulkarn@ix.netcom.com There are a number of RAID 7 customer documentaries describing the performance enhancements with Informix. Some are listed on the Storage Computer WWW site, http://www.storage.com/ We can also airmail out additional information that is not on the web site. RAID 7 is now available well up into the terabyte range. Mike Willett Storage Computer Nashua, NH 03062 http://www.storage.com/