Well ----

Since you are going to be moving to 9.4, you could just put the whole thing
into a single chunk.... ;-) (Guess you can't tell that I worked on that a
while back...);-)

While I'm being a bit silly, there is some truth to saying this. We've
tried through the years to use all kinds of algorithms to schedule IO.
However, with more recent disk technology, this type of logic a bit
unnecessary. So by putting more in a single larger chunk might actually
lessen the impact of the software IO scheduling by chunk. But that might be
offset by the hardware IO scheduling.

M.P.
"Campbell, John (GE Consumer Finance)" <John.Campbell2@ge.com> wrote in
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> Solaris 2.8, IDS 9.30.UC6W1, Enterprise 6000. We have a new SunFire 6800
and are in the process of ordering 2 3510 storage arrays. We plan to be on
64 bit 9.4x, Solaris 9 before moving to the new server. What is the best way
to lay out these large disks - stipe and mirror? Currently, we have a ton
of old 2 gig disks with a few 18 and 32s thrown in. We don't have the
current disks striped but do have access to Veritas. We are not using nor
plan to use RAID5 and will probably go with hardware mirroring. I have the
opportunity to start with fresh hardware and would greatly value any
suggestions or lessons learned.
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