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From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
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On Mon, 28 May 2001, E.B. Dreger wrote:

:
:Of course, with 36 GB drives readily available, maybe I shouldn't worry
:until I have a database larger than 72 GB. ;-)

If you're really interested in database performance, remember "Spindles is
good."  Spreading your IO load over as many seperate disks, on as many
independent IO channels as practical will improve performance.

David

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