Re: Data Storage Issue (Basic Issue)

Lew wrote:
> Eric Sosman wrote:
>>     No.  "Suggestive," perhaps, or even "cautionary."  But for
>> my own part I wouldn't confer "very indicative" on a lab result
>> that cannot be reproduced by an independent experimenter.  A
>> citation of a full re****t or published paper or something of that
>> nature might change my mind, but at the moment ... no.
> 
> OK, that's fine.  It was something that convinced me that it worked in 
> that case because I could interact with people who conducted the test.  
> You choose to reject the anecdote because I have no credibility with
you.
> 
> I'm sure the result can be reproduced by an independent experimenter, if

> they were authorized to use the various proprietary parts.
> 
> I would not be surprised if more objective results are available to you 
> with a quick Google.  Given the amount of time Oracle and others have 
> offered direct disk-management modules, I would be surprised if such 
> results were not available to you.  Do let us know what you find, won't 
> you?
> 

The Transaction Processing Performance Council, http://www.tpc.org,
creates a series of benchmarks that are strongly dependent on database
performance, and archives results. It should be possible to work out how
the disks are managed, at least from the full disclosure re****ts.

If anyone is interested in researching this, TPC may be a starting point.

Patricia