From: "Robert Comer" 

> Wanna hear a good one, the db that runs the ISP (billing, calls records,
> authentication, etc) is running on a software RAID1 mirror setup. I was
> going to put it on a RAID5 netserver but I only have a single cpu license
> for sqlserver so the second cpu would have been wasted on it.

If it does the job, that's all you need. It's certainly cheaper than the
multiple CPU license would cost.

> It takes more than just RAM, mirroring does take a little cpu (like 2%) so
> if you run a lot of tasks that max out the cpu at peak disk access times
> then I guess it would matter. For a file or web server that's not a
problem
> but for a db server it can have an effect. However if you are running a P3
> or P4 it's likely you can spare the cycles. Seti is proof of that..  it's fun watching Linux go thru the same thing NT went thru, where
hardware
> was NT's biggest handicap.

I don't really like that kind of fun, I've fought it most of the time. (I
never have been mainstream. )

- Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message news:3ebd6871{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3ebd5e24$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> > The server I'm talking about runs Oracle, so disk speed is critical...
> > (It's officially out of that job now and only runs as a WINS server
right
> > now, The Oracle app is long gone...)
>
> Wanna hear a good one, the db that runs the ISP (billing, calls records,
> authentication, etc) is running on a software RAID1 mirror setup. I was
> going to put it on a RAID5 netserver but I only have a single cpu license
> for sqlserver so the second cpu would have been wasted on it.
>
> > Like I said, not in my experience, but I bet your servers have a long
more
> > RAM than my old Oracle server.
>
> It takes more than just RAM, mirroring does take a little cpu (like 2%) so
> if you run a lot of tasks that max out the cpu at peak disk access times
> then I guess it would matter. For a file or web server that's not a
problem
> but for a db server it can have an effect. However if you are running a P3
> or P4 it's likely you can spare the cycles. Seti is proof of that.. 
> > for awhile, but switched it back because both WinXP and Linux had a
> problem
> > installing with my controller, and now just depend on more RAM for the
> > speed.
>
> it's fun watching Linux go thru the same thing NT went thru, where
hardware
> was NT's biggest handicap.
>
> Geo.
>
>

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