Whenever I discuss disk waits with my system administrator, I always get the reply that "the RAID system isn't anywhere near its rated throughput". Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see any of the tuning books mentioning that as a relevant performance characteristic. However, I've never been able to move the discussion beyond this point. Can anyone straighten me out on this point or point me to a resource that might be applicable.
Our system is Oracle 8.1.6, Compaq Tru64. We use hardware RAID-5 with a battery-backed RAM cache, and have about 3 RAID sets (plus some extra disks for redo logs, etc.), and performance is fine, but I'm always looking as to how we can improve Oracle performance. The application is our corporate ERP system. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
