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Oracle server software, data and OS s/ware - placement on which disk?

PaulieAug 16 2021

Hi all,
I'm about to invest in a super-duper machine - 64GB of RAM, with 1 SATA (SSD) bay and 2 NVMe SSD slots. I plan to make the machine dual-boot (Red Hat Linux (preferred) and Windows 2019 Server).
So, I have choices here:
For a database, I'm assuming (since **many** db issues are data I/O problems) that the tables/indexes &c. will go on one of the NVMe drives.
But, what I'm wondering is where to place the OS and the Oracle server s/ware? Would I be better off putting the OS on the SATA drive and the db s/ware on the NVMe drive - or vice versa? Or would I be better off putting both on the NVMe drive and keeping the SATA drive for archives and other stuff?

Any references, URLs, guidance & advice gratefully received!

Pól...

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