Re: Database Storage

No The database is fine. The back-end storage we are currently using has been so unstable that we had to shutdown the database several times this month. and couple times it just rebooted itself corrupting the database.

We have a Titan storage solution from a company called Bluearc (www.bluearc.com). so i have been tasked to find out what other people are using as a storage solution and how stable it is. we have redundant servers to handle high availability (not RAC though) manual switchover in case primary server fails.

Thanks
Mir

Jeremy Schneider wrote:
> 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
> <mailto:mhyder_at_rice.edu>> wrote:
>
> 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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