Vivek, Per my understanding from Tuning 101 book, your 2nd option is better.
Check out this white paper from Gaja: http://www.quest.com/whitepapers/Raid1.pdf Prakash -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 9:43 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Software Raid 1 ? For performance , Which Option is better :- Given 6 Internal FCAL Hard Disks ? 1) Creating 1 Volume with Software RAID 1+0 OR 2) Creating 3 Volumes of Software RAID 1 , Each Volume Containing 2 Disks & Manually Spreading the Database across the 3 Volumes ? Solaris 8 Machine V880 model -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: VIVEK_SHARMA 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: BALA,PRAKASH (Non-HP-USA,ex1) 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).