Re: Disk solution for the small Oracle shop....shared disk space options for Linux servers???

Lotsa snippage...
--- "Marquez, Chris" <cmarquez_at_collegeboard.org> wrote:
> The average Linux db server cost is about $5k and
> the average external storage cost is about the same
> $5k.

Where did you get the $5k figure for external storage?  The server sounds about right. In my (limited) experience, I have not seen a figure that low for external storage of 1TB.

> Please keep this in mind when offering suggestions.
>
> What we want to do/do not to with the space;
> - Share the disk space among 4 db servers
> - Will *NOT* put Oracle datafiles on this space
> - Put RMAN backups on this space
> - Maybe have 2nd ARCH DEST on this space
> - Maybe backup to tape from this space
>

We're using a Dell CX-300 SAN (15 x 146GB drives). I don't have a figure for the cost for this configuration, but recently got a quote for a similar SAN unit from Dell for $22k (CX-300 SAN 15 x 320GB). This included a 2 year support contract.

If you want to share the storage between mutliple nodes, I believe you'll need to put a fibre channel switch in place for the 4-nodes which will possibly add another $5k-$6k (our quote for an 8-port switch).

Sounds similar to the direction that we'd like to go to aswell.

hth

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mohammed


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