Re: HELP: SQL databases on Network Appliance filers (Oracle and/or Microsoft)

Yes, opinions on NFS mounted Oracle db's would be useful. How reliable has your experience been? Have you noticed any performance degradation?

-Carl

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:43:58 GMT, Joe Maloney <jrpm_at_my-deja.com> wrote:

>I am not sure what you mean by NetApp filer, but I have 4 instances
>that are do NFS mounts to a 5th box for selected tablespace files. Is
>this what you mean?
>
>In article <8t1obv$5pb$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> Don't Bother <davidknollhoff_at_netscape.net> wrote:
>> Carl,
>>
>> I've been looking into buying a NetApp filer for a second site and
 have
>> been putting many hours into talking with Oracle users who run it in
>> production.
>>
>> I was also asking them the same question about an NFS type filesystem.
>> Everyone said thier seek access improved by using the NetApp filer
>> since the filesystems reside on the filer and the the OS.
>>
>> If you want, I can ask my Netapp Rep to provide you with some Oracle
>> sites running it.
>>
>> David Knollhoff
>>
>> In article <83t0vs059odvc56e7p5bfoeoirqts0t1hl_at_4ax.com>,
>> Carl Waldron <carl.waldron_at_nospam.thinklinkinc.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I am trying to find out if anyone out there is using a Network
>> > Appliance filer to host their SQL database(s) in a production
>> > environment. We are looking into this as a solution for our
>> > Microsoft *and* Oracle databases, but I have serious reservations
>> > about mounting database files across a network.
>> >
>> > Is anyone out there doing this? If so, what are some of the issues
>> > you have experienced? Problems? Success stories? Are you happy
 with
>> > the combination? Is there any danger of data corruption?
>> >
>> > I am also running MSCS (kinda forgot to mention that) which makes me
>> > even more nervous about network-attaching my databases. I have read
>> > the Microsoft Kbase article about Trace Flag 1807...
>> >
>> > Please direct all answers to the NG's.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Carl
>> >
>>
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Received on Mon Oct 23 2000 - 16:48:04 CDT