Re[2]: NetApp (was utl_file

From: <dgoulet_at_vicr.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 11:42:29 -0500
Message-Id: <10698.123473@fatcity.com>

Suzy,

Are you using the NetApp filer for DB files as well? hat do you think of their solution as a whole? Is it reliable, easy to work with, as fast as they claim?

Thanks anyway.

Dick Goulet

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Subject: Re[2]: NetApp (was utl_file_dir) Author: Suzy Vordos <lvordos_at_datsit.com> Date: 12/1/00 11:40 PM

Yep, you can share to Unix and NT. On the NetApp filer you create volumes, then qtrees on each volume. Then, export at the qtree level, NFS for Unix and/or CIFS for NT.

dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I know I really don't like it when someone changes the direction
of a
> thread, but this does segway into a question I have recently been
asking.
>
> We had a rep from Net Appliance here the other day to pitch their
filer as
a
> solution for our disk space problems. They pitched it as both a NT
file
system
> solution (home drives & the like) and a Unix solution for the DB's as
well.
One
> question I had was could a Unix host see and/or create files on the
filer that
> could then be shared by the NT side. He said YES. Hummmmm!! Now
that could
> cure some of my headaches. Therefore, is anyone out there using a
NetApp
> Filer?? If so, How??
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: "Raghunath; Shivaswamy" <Shivaswamy.Raghunath_at_qwest.com>
> Date: 11/29/2000 4:12 PM
>
> Thanks for your reply, Dave Turner.
>
> But my latter reference says me thus:
>
> utl_file is a utility for server-side only. Which means that, we can
use
> only the directories on the server and directories on no other box is
> permittted. TEXT_IO package of Oracle Developer could be used for the
client
> side.
>
> Thanks, however,
> Shiva
> -----Original Message-----
> To: Raghunath, Shivaswamy
> Sent: 11/29/2000 6:44 PM
>
> Have them nfs mount the directory on the remote machine. I don't know
if
> this is
> supported by oracle.
>
> Dave Turner
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 02:15:27PM -0800, Raghunath, Shivaswamy wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Can I have utl_file_dir set to a directory, on a remote box.(Other
> than the
> > server)? We do not have unix accounts to developers on the server
and
> unix
> > clients are used by developers. If so how do I specify in the init
> file? (I
> > request you to cc me)
> >
> > TIA,
> > Shiva
> >
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