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Re: Oracle and SAN

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:42:33 -0000
Message-ID: <3c15d555$0$227$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>


Then make damn sure that they are responsible for backing up and recovering any databases they are touching. Get this in writing. My suspicion is if you try this suddenly they will want to consult with you.

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Niall Litchfield
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"James Chappell" <james_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:XdvamUAneUF8EwiO_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk...

> H'mm. I'm going to feel anxious over Christmas. Out network guys have
> told us that they are going to implement a SAN solution (sounds like
> something you put down a lavatory!) over the Christmas shut down. As
> yet, they haven't had ANY consultation with us DBA types.
>
> In article <u1775ga8a2v641_at_corp.supernews.com>, Van Messner
> <vmessner_at_bestweb.net> writes
> > Yes. With the EMC/SAN we have we don't get to decide which disks
will
> >hold our mirrored online redo, controlfiles, etc. We raised this
objection
> >with the hardware guys last month and were told this is progress and at
some
> >point we'd have to learn to "trust the technology". They had mirrored
> >disks, multiple disk controllers and even two cables between the
controllers
> >and disks. Friday the hardware guys lost both cables, the databases
crashed
> >down, and we had some ugly messages in our alert logs.
> > By the end of the day, in this case, we had fully restored and
> >recovered. But we still don't like not being able to place Oracle pieces
> >where we want them to be. Friday could have been much worse.
> >
> >"James Chappell" <james_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> >news:rzh1NnAauqE8EwPA_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk...
> >> Does anyone have any experience of running Oracle (8.0.6, as it
happens)
> >> in conjunction with Storage Area Networks?
> >>
> >> Any Snags, or problems?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance..
> >> --
> >> James Chappell
> >
> >
>
> --
> James Chappell
Received on Tue Dec 11 2001 - 03:42:33 CST

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