Kev,
1. I have never heard of a cache directly on the hard drive (Which
certainly doesn't mean it doesn't exist). I have heard of a cache on the
controller for the HD!
2. I assume that you are looking at upgrading one of the Dell Workstations,
yes? If so, I highly recommend calling Dell and ordering HD's from them
that are supported for that Workstation. Dell uses high quality products
such as Seagate and IBM for HDs, so don't worry. The main concern is
compatibility and continued support!!
3. The majority of Dulcian's DBs are small development databases...so you
will likely never need 4x18 GB of space... 4x9 GB will suffice. But, check
the pricing difference...if the price diff isn't too crazy...go with 18.
You should probably go with 1 9 GB for the OS and 3 18s for the database.
4. Ultra Fibre SCSI...I'm not 100% on this, but I would say that these
drives are optimized for external storage where Fibre Channel is used to
connect the server to the storage cabinet (certainly not your case).
Ed Haskins
Oracle DBA
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Hi all,
Just thought I would throw this one out there and see what all of
you hot
shots think. I am going to rebuild a server into a DB Server. Currently it
has IDE drives in there and obviously I am not going to be using those. So
I need to invest in some new SCSI drives. Here's what I had in mind:
Either 4 X 9.2 Gig 10K RPM with 2mb Cache
OR 4 X 18.4 GIG 10K with 4MB cache
I was initially leaning towards the 9 gigs to save on cost, however someone
pointed out that 18 would be a better idea for growth down the line. Also I
want to keep them all of the same size in case one goes down then I may have
room on another.
What are your thoughts on this? Does anyone know what "ultra fibre
scsi"
means? Does anyone recommend brands to stear clear of? I know that Seagate
is a pretty good name, but I can't find any in Ultra 2? Anyone know if
Hitachi is a good name?
Thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
Kevin Kostyszyn
DBA
Dulcian, Inc
www.dulcian.com
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