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RAID [message #65318] Fri, 30 July 2004 21:50 Go to next message
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hi,

please explain the word 'RAID' in oracle

thanks
Re: RAID [message #65319 is a reply to message #65318] Mon, 02 August 2004 01:36 Go to previous message
Daljit Singh
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Registered: October 2003
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Hi,

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is not the oracle terminology, it is implemented at hardware level.

In RAID config many disks are joined together in an array to create a huge storage area. Different RAID levels are available to fulfill different requirements. Like RAID 0 can be impelemented to mirror the whole disk to another, in this case the requirement for disks would be double. RAID 1 can be used to stripe data on multiple disks. RAID 4,5 are present to store data as well as some parity information to reconstruct the data in case of failure. It totally depends upon business requirements what type of configuration is required.

For oracle, RAID 0+1 combination is most better, where data will be mirrored as well as striped on different disks.

I hope it will help.

Daljit Singh
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