Re: Compaq tell me I cannot use hardware raid and raw disks with informix

My experiences with Compaq have been dismal. The short answer is Informix does not care how your disks are formatted. All it needs is a 'path' to the device file. Different systems do this differently, but they all have some grounding from UNIX (NT is a wannabe copycat). Raw files are certainly better, unfortunately you did not state your OS. Set up your disks seperately from the engine (but plan your design beforehand). The only thing to keep in mind is the dbspace size limits (2 gig on most systems). To create a 9 gig dbspace you will need to create the initial 2 g chunk and extend it to 9 gig. James Saville BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Stephen Gill wrote in message <01bd5e66$9b6059e0$1ea6010a@default>... >Can anyone advise? > >I'm told me tech support at compaq that I cannot setup a hardware raid >configuration ie logical mirrored disk of say 9 gb, with informix, using >the raw disk device I've set up. They claim that it would corrupt the data. > >I'm using a Compaq 7000 with Smart 2DH Controller and 4 9.1GB disks >mirrored using smartstart. > >From what I can tell there are a lot of people out there using hardware >raid but I cant seem to see any mention of whether they are using cooked >files or raw devices. Obviously, I'd prefer to use raw devices if possible. > >I'd appreciate any replies that could confirm one way or the other whether >I can use the above configuration with informix, using the raw devices. > >Thank you very much! > >Steve Gill >Edinburgh, Scotland >sn90@dial.pipex.com >