RAID10._FiileData_Storage.
I have a physical dell server runing ESX VMware with 8 local physical disks (300 GB each)
configure as RAID 10 array.
The VM is red hat linux.
I assume that means there are 2 pairs of 4 disks since each disk is mirrored.
Oracle recommends having seprate disks for:
1) oracle system software
2) database files
3) flash recovery and backup files.
If all disks are configured as RAID 10 does not this mean that the every file will be striped against all 4 disks
and I can't really have one location for system software or backup files.
Not necessarily. It depends on how the sys admin set it up. You need a minimum of 4 disks. It depends on how they bound them together.
>>and I can't really have one location for system software or backup files.
See above: It depends.
see picture in this link nad many other links show the same
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/08/raid-levels-tutorial/
http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-10-as-raid-01.htm
But let us say they have 2 pairs of 4 drives in the array, how can you install oracle software on one disk. The RAID 10 striping is going to split it anyway behind the scenes.
If I want to go with oracle recommendation for oracle software, I assume i need to set one disk as RAID 1 (no striping - only mirror).
is this accurate?
"oracle recommendation for oracle software" is just that: a recommendation. There is no hard and fast rule on the setup.
If you remember in your other questsion, for a 15 gig database, I suggested RAID 5 for all files. RAID 10 can still require some downtime to recover from a failed disk. It depends on your array.
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