Hmmm, I said OS and applications on the raid 5 set. Database goes on the mirror. Lets not mix our Raids, and lets read what I wrote. Sam. Florin Iucha wrote: >On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:15:01PM -0500, Sam MacDonald wrote: > > >>With databases I like a configuration where the OS and applications are >>on a Raid 5 set. I like databases on mirror sets with their own >>controller. Again, not knowing you hardware makes it tough. >> >> > >"Let's RAID5" is the wrong thing to do with a real database. > >A real database has separate tablespaces so you can place data, redo >logs, indices, sort areas, temp areas onto separate spindles. Data and >redo logs are critical, and should be mirrored. The others are >disposable, but you want them on the fastest spindles you have. > >Cheers, >florin > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list