I'm struck by the old axiom:
You can have it fast.
You can have it reliable.
You can have it cheap.
But you can only have 2 of the 3.
If you figure out how to get all 3. Call me.
-gordon
On Mon, 28 May 2001, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 04:31:17PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > I just had a brainstorm...
> >
> > I was thinking about database servers with several spindles in a RAID 5
> > array. Write performance is inherently disappointing -- which may or may
> > not be an issue.
> >
> > Would it be worth the trouble to design an "intermediate" cache, whereby
> > data are quickly written to a spool disk, then to the final destination?
>
> Most hardware RAID boxes do exactly that ;) For anything serious only
> consider battery-backed up writeback cache, with mirrored caches, and
> redundant RAID array controllers.
>
> Start saving your $$ now ;)
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