I wasn't suggesting a "hard lockup" was a good situation, I was only trying to
demonstrate that the NetApp handled a bad situation quite well. However, I
didn't plan the database configuration to be setup in this fashion, I was
forced to move it to the NetApp filer, due to a consolidation of servers when
the company was downsizing (another dot com disaster :> ). Anyway... Just info
for the masses...
Regards
Tom Tyson
- Satar Naghshineh <Satar.Naghshineh_at_irvine.mellesgriot.com> wrote:
> I held a meeting with NetApp's Director of Database Marketing. He was in
> charge of justifying why NetApp filers were a perfect solution for Oracle
> databases. I don't know if the situation changed from 2 years ago, but he
> stated that he didn't want OLTP databases to be running on their filers
> because of performance problems that the customers might experience. He
> insisted that their solution is perfect for DSS and DW databases. If your
> company has the money to purchase a netapp filer (along with their
> over-priced hard drives) and is in a Mix environment (NT and Unix), then
> NetApp is a good solution. One thing I liked about NetApp was their ease of
> database administration.
>
> By the way, isn't a "hard lockup" considered a problem with NetApp?
>
> Regards,
> Satar
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Tyson [SMTP:tomtysonjr_at_yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 3:56 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Datafiles on NFS mount
> >
> > About 6 months ago on OTN there was an article discussing an
> > implimentation of
> > Oracle using a NetApp servers using NFS mounts. The implementation was
> > using a
> > modified NFS client done by VA Linux. There was some 500 databases
> > running
> > with the datafiles residing on the NetApp. I wouldn't typically put a
> > datafile
> > on a NFS mount, but after reading this I felt a little more comfortable
> > with
> > trying this out. Since then, I have tried this out on a HPUX-11 system
> > running
> > 8.1.6 EE, and have had no problems with it.. even had a hard lockup on the
> > Netapp and all was well after restarting the netapp and database server.
> >
> > Tom Tyson
> >
> >
> > --- Satar Naghshineh <Satar.Naghshineh_at_irvine.mellesgriot.com> wrote:
> > > I researched this same subject roughly two years ago, and I learned that
> > > Oracle does not support NFS datafiles. However, they do support/certify
> > some
> > > vendors of NFS systems (Filers), such as NetApp.
> > >
> > > Did you consider raping/bastardizing the other server's available hard
> > > drives to add more disk space to the Oracle server? Or you can NFS Mount
> > the
> > > other server and move static files and old backups.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Satar
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: John Kanagaraj [SMTP:JKanagaraj_at_mfi.com]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:26 PM
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > > Subject: Re: Datafiles on NFS mount
> > > >
> > > > > Is Oracle 8.1.6 capable of creating and using a datafile
> > > > > on an NFS-mounted disk on another machine? We have two
> > > > > Sun machines (OS block size is 8k on both); the machine running
> > > > > Oracle is short on disk, while there is plenty available on the
> > > > > second machine. We are planning to purchase another larger machine,
> > > > > but in the meantime would like to get by for a short period without
> > > > > investing more in the present machines. We are not using hot backups
> > > > > (it's a small datawarehouse). What problems occur when either of the
> > > > > machines is rebooted?
> > > >
> > > > Hi Bill,
> > > >
> > > > AFAIK, Oracle does NOT support NFS based datafiles. My understanding
> > is
> > > > that this is because there is no guarantee that the write request made
> > > > to the local OS is complete when the remote OS is the one that
> > performs
> > > > it. The local OS returns a positive signal once the request is
> > > > acknowledged, but not necessarily completed by the remote OS. I
> > wouldn't
> > > > do it - and Oracle will not support it...
> > > >
> > > > John Kanagaraj
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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