Hello All, To let you know our opinion (from the point of view as recovery products and services company):
> On my experience : > > 1) USB HDD : more reliable, more speed and more space. > USDB HDD can be used only for backups. Database should be on RAID1/5/10 (according to your budget). > > 2) Pen Drive : more compact. > Welcome to our recovery service :) > > 3) RAM Disk : highest speed but risky and less space. Do not use it > unless you aware of the risk. Runs on a dedicated PC (no other > programs run on this pc, only database server and OS), backup it > everyday, twice a day and have a reliable UPS. Love the speed when > doing maintenance (backup/restore) - superb compare to those two. > We have tested RAM Disks - no performance advantages found when comparing to the properly tuned Firebird. With best regards, Alexey Kovyazin IBSurgeon www.ib-aid.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
