I find that my RAID5 array is just too slow for my DB application. I
have a large number of DB files on this array. I would like to
convert to RAID0, and I can back up my files, but I was wondering if
there is a way to convert without reformatting?
Dave
Hi James, thanks for the info.
I was wondering if there is a way to convert without reformatting?
James Not currently, although it may be worth reconsidering a
James conversion from 5 - 0 if you can alleviate your performance
James problems with other methods (chunk size, -R stride=, reiserfs,
I'm looking for vendors that sell SMP Alpha servers. This will be for
a high-volume database server running software raid and MySQL on
RH6.2. Any recommendations?
Dave
I have a MySQL database, running on SW RAID-0 over ext2, that wants to
grow beyond the 2GB file size limit of ext2. I will be moving the
database this week to a four-way SMP system with six drives, so I want
to take this opportunity to move to a file system that will support
larger file sizes.
I just read the Mylex eXtremeRAID 2000 blurb, and it says it is an
"Ultra 160 SCSI to PCI RAID Controller." I'm not familiar with Ultra
160... is that hardware compatible with my UW SCSI drives?
Dave
I have a chassis with ten new 5GB Ultra-Wide SCSI drives all wired up.
I will be replacing the motherboard/CPU and installing Linux. The box
will be used as a network file server (NFS) and intranet web server
with a MySQL database. I expect to use RAID-5. What is the
best-supported (under
