Re: Database Storage

Just curious, but what do you mean by "performing badly in terms of availability (but not throughput)"? Do you mean that the database is very fast but crashes a lot? You mentioned an active-passive cluster - is it failing over? If so, exactly how often?

Usually "high-availability" involves more than just the storage system. Why are you looking for a new storage system? What do you expect from the new storage system that your current system is lacking? (BTW, what is your current storage system?)

Just a few questions to get the gears turning, if you have a few moments. :) Just trying to understand what you're looking for!

-Jeremy

On 1/14/08, Mir M. Mirhashimali <mhyder_at_rice.edu> wrote:
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> Dear Oracle-L,
>
> I have been tasked to find what storage solutions is best for our
> databases. Our current storage solution had been performing very badly
> not in terms of through put but in terms off availability. We have both
> Oracle and SQL Server(2000 and 2005). I am interested in knowing what
> other people are using and what strategy they are following to make it
> high-availability. RAC is not an option for us. right now we have
> redundant servers and NFS mounts to our storage system. and similar
> setup for SQL Server. with a active-passive cluster connected to storage.
>
> thanks
>
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> Mir M. Mirhashimali
> Oracle Systems Manager
> Database Architecture, Enterprise Applications
> Rice University
> (713) 348 6365
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