Re: NetApp NFS, Oracle 8.1.x and Sun Solaris 2.7

Elvis,

Netapp is certified by Oracle. Sybrand is correct about NFS & Oracle but wrong when it comes to the Netapp solution. We , at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, acquired a Netapp F840 for our Oracle databases and are confident it will work well. I'm sorry that I can't tell you more at this moment because the Netapp and our three new Sun's (Sunfire's 280R) are not yet installed (maybe next week). In a month or two we will be able to tell you more about our experiences.
My advice : don't hire Sybrand (yet:-).

Kind regards,

Ivan
i.a.saez.scheihing_at_tue.nl

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:04:08 +0200, Elvis Leegwater
> <elvis.leegwater_at_marviq.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello
> >
> >Currently we are considering to buy NetApp NFS solution
> >for our Oracle 8.1.x environment on Sun Solaris 2.7.
> >
> >Is there someone who can share his experience with this
> >solution especially with Sun Solaris 2.7?
> >
> >Must Oracle be configured in a certain way? Can all
> >Oracle files, control/redo/data/archive, be placed
> >on the NFS drive of NetApp?
> >
> >Which is the best way/method to backup the Oracle
> >database on NFS? Are the snapshot tools from NetApp
> >really bulletproof?
> >
> >Does somebody use any kind of failover with the NetApp
> >solution?
> >
> >Many thanks in advance!!!
> >
> >Elvis Leegwater
> >Oracle DBA
> >The Netherlands
>
> Oracle and NFS is a big nono. It would be the worst move you could
> ever make to run an Oracle database from NFS drives, as NFS is slow,
> independable, there is constant polling between clients and server,
> etc, etc, etc.
> But of course you can always hire me when things really go wrong.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
> The Netherlands
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Received on Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:37:19 CDT