It depends a lot on the workload - for DSS-esque systems with lots of sequential reads/writes, etc., the performance of the individual ATA spindles will probably be more than adequate. As another side note, at that price point, maybe you could afford to buy double the number of spindles you need and double your spindle density, reducing the impact of the 7200 RPM drives?
Thanks, Matt -- Matthew Zito GridApp Systems Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 646-220-3551 Phone: 212-358-8211 x 359 http://www.gridapp.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jesse, Rich > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:00 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Apple RAID marketing? > > > So a co-worker sends me an e-mail about Apple's > just-announced Xserve RAID with 3+TB for US $11K. After > looking at Apple's page, I poo-poo it because it's 7.2K spin > ATA/100 drives, which I figure would lead to all sorts of > problems. I see today in Computerworld that it's being > touted as "blazing" with a max thruput of 210MBps. Hmmmm...I > know the mid-range FAStT SAN we're looking at is rated at > about 800MBps theoretical max. > > Just looking for confirmation/rebuttal that I don't think it > would be wise to load up an Xserve RAID with Oracle DBs -- > even if the BAARF's nemesis is avoided. > http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid TIA, Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich 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.net -- Author: Matthew Zito 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).
