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

Yes, there are people out there using filers for MS SQL Server and Oracle production databases. You raise some of the issues that need to be addressed if you consider a NAS architecture for this purpose. If you want to get replies from folks who are actually doing this, I would suggest you post to the toasters newsgroup. This is a discussion group of NetApp administrators -- it is very active and there are some very experienced, well-informed folks out there who are not affiliated with NetApp or a reseller (like me) who can help answer your questions. Check out their archive at:
http://teaparty.mathworks.com:1999/toasters/index.html#3870 Post your questions to:
toasters_at_mathworks.com

HTH. Joe

Joe Luchtenberg
Account Manager
Dataline, Ic.
www.data-line.com

Carl Waldron 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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