Re: Informix on HP AutoRaid

In article <6ppbuk$sog$1@news.xmission.com>, Marek Miloszewski <marek.miloszewski@zes.szczecin.pl> writes > >We are about to by a new HP9000 with Informix 7. In plans it has HP AutoRaid >disk array, but our application producer says Informix has its own mirroring >tools which we cannot turn off (?) and its better to use set of single It can be turned off..check the Online 7 manuals at www.informix.com/answers. I would use UNIX or hardware mirroring over Informix mirroring. >disks. On the other hand AutoRaid (in HP papers) looks like quite good less >administration disk array. Unfortunately AutoRaid is very new product (not >installed in Poland jet) and nobody can explain concrete how it works. >Have any of you any experiences with HP AutoRaid? Should we try it or rather >chose single disks or HP model 20 disk array? And one more: is it true that >Informix 'prefers' more small disks instead of less big? > Yes, more drives mean more bandwidth and so higher performance. >Thanks for any help >Marek > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Zaklad Energetyczny Szczecin SA >ul. Malczewskiego 5/7, 70-952 Szczecin, Poland >tel: (91) 424.00.71 w.5216, fax: (91) 22.56.28 >marek.miloszewski@zes.szczecin.pl >------------------------------------------------------------- >memorek@polbox.com >http://www.polbox.com/m/memorek >------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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