not sure that raid will help in database corruption vs shadow ...

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Leyne, Sean" <Sean@...> wrote:
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> Stephane,
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> > yes, it's what i have (2 volume). one raid 0 (with 2 disc) SAS 15k with
> > the database and another sas 15k for the temp directory. i also plan to
> > add 2 more SAS raid 0 15k for a shadows
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> 1 - ***never*** use RAID 0 for databases -- RAID 0 provides no failure protection.
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> 2 - don't use database shadows, they were for a time before RAID was commonly available. RAID will perform significantly faster than shadows, and will not impose any of the limitations.
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> 3 - Add 1 or 2 more SAS drives to the database RAID set and move to RAID 5.
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> Sean
>