RAID vs single drive performance article

[Groltz]

You guys might enjoy. (But will most likely just complain about)

http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/chipset-raid/index.x?pg=1

 

[Tannin]

obligatory complaint, just for the record



(Huh? Tannin, you can't just complain, you have to complain about something in particular.)

(Yes I can. In fact, I just did.)

Also, in case I didn't mention it yet, I want to complain. That's a general, one size fits all complaint. Keep it handy and apply it to whichever topic seems to merit it, or else just use it as a Tannin is generally complaining complaint.

 

[ddrueding]

Undirected complaints become complaint credits, which can be applied as desired...

 

[LiamC]

I seem to recall someone posting on this board a link to why RAID is a "very bad idea". Anyone know of what I'm talking about?

 

[Will Rickards]

You mean the one that was against raid 5 or something like that?

 

[LiamC]

Yup!

 

[sechs]

Why hasn't anyone published a one drive versus two drives article?

People might start putting a second drive in their system and not using it for RAID!

 

[time]

I seem to recall someone posting on this board a link to why RAID is a "very bad idea". Anyone know of what I'm talking about?

Probably me in this thread, and specifically BAARF.

It's not just Oracle that runs poorly on RAID 5 - any OLTP database will struggle - but the logistics arguments hold for all platforms, particularly as the number of spindles rises.

 

[LiamC]

Thanks Time

 

[Will Rickards]

No wonder I couldn't find it, no mention of raid in the page title!