As long, as "battery backup" on the controller is working, you should be fine. On the other hand, all those controllers should have an option to turn of "write-caching", if you wish.
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:23 AM > Good morning all! > > I have a question regarding use of write-caching RAID controllers. > > As an NT systems/network admin of some years, and an Oracle 8i > DBA-in-training, I had done some homework and gather that both Oracle and > industry best-practices suggest avoiding write-caching controllers if > possible (to preclude any chance of data loss). > > As a result, I had recommended we purchase dual non-caching controllers on > the new Compaq ML530s we are about to buy. > > Compaq has discontinued the model controller we requested, and now all their > controllers include write caching (battery-backed, of course). > > We are running a couple of ~10GB instances, not terabyte OLTP - so should I > just go with it and not be so anal about the caching?? > > Thanks and Regards, > Brian > > NT 4.0 SP6a Oracle 8.1.7.4 > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Richards, Brian > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Igor Neyman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
