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• Data and Technology

  Posted on September 8th, 2006

  Written by cliff

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  checksum, computer, database, database performance, dba, disk, disk speed, hardware raid, mysql, old thinking, oracle, parity, performance, raid, raid 1, raid 10, raid 5, raid array, raid controller, raid types, raid volumes, software raid, storage

  Why Modern RAID 5 is Ideal for Oracle Databases

  

  There is a convention of thought amongst Oracle DBA’s that databases should never be installed on disks that are configured into a RAID 5 array. The argument goes, that since Oracle accesses and writes to random points within relatively large files, the overhead of constantly calculating block-level parity on these files is substantial, resulting in [...]

• Data and Technology

  Posted on April 12th, 2006

  Written by cliff

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  change linux mountpoint, data, database, defaults, example, filesystem, fstab, HowTo, linux, mount, mountpoint, raid, raid 5, solaris, storage, sysadmin, technology, vfstab

  Changing Linux Mount Points

  

  If you’re familiar with UNIX, you know that changing mount points is really pretty easy. All you have to do is go into “/etc/fstab”, “/etc/vfstab” (or whatever your flavor of UNIX happens to call its filesystem table) and change the mount directory.
  If, for instance, you had a Solaris box, and you wanted to make the [...]

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