ADSM-L

RAID 1 vs RAID 5 for db

2015-10-04 17:53:20
Subject: RAID 1 vs RAID 5 for db
From: Cunningham, Jennifer
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Hello all,
Just need some advice and scenarios, etc......
We currently have RAID 1 (mirroring) for our ADSM db and recovery log
like good little girls and boys.  However, our dbs are filling up very
quickly!  I would like to increase the capacity, and would like to go
RAID 5 with only 3 drives,  for more security and capacity.  I am quite
aware that RAID 5 does slow down performance.

So my question to y'all is:  Have any of you put your databases on RAID
5, and if so, have you seen any performance degradation?

I figure I can always try it and revert back to RAID 1 anyway, but I
just would like some feedback.

Thanks so much,
Jenn

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Jennifer Cunningham
Desktop Operations / Backup & Recovery
SDN #8-435-4029
603-431-8400 x54029
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email pager - 7594890 AT skytel DOT com
jennifer.cunningham AT libertymutual DOT com
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