i would prefer to go with 2 node Sun fire 4800 or 6800 server +
veritas HA on EMC Storage. you can use both nodes as ACTIVE/ACTIVE on
RAC.
***but one problem here is the Veritas Cluser Support only 2 node
RAC.***
May be you have to think about the Sun Cluster.
Good Luck
"Frank Foss" <fozzie_beer_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<b9elcl$igd54$1_at_ID-190416.news.dfncis.de>...
> Greetings!
>
> Have any of the honored group regulars implemented a server /cluster for
> running a 5TB Oracle9i database recently?
>
> I am looking for examples, what configurations worked for you, what didn't
> work, pitfalls and so on on the hardware side.
>
> My department is expected to come up with a proposal to be used in
> discussions with a prospective client. We have guessed/estimated the data
> growth to be around 3GB per day(at least), and they envision 5 years of
> online data. That brings the total up to around 5TB, give or take a few.
>
> The largest existing installation running our software is around 288GB,
> running on a Compaq cluster, 2 ES40 nodes and a Compaq SAN. It runs fairly
> well.
>
> The new customer likes Sun/Solaris, we have more experience with HP/HP-UX.
>
> I was thinking along the lines of a 4-node Sun Fire V480 4x900MHz CPU, 8GB
> RAM each, connected to some EMC Symmetrix/Clariion system.
> Running Oracle9i RAC, in a 4 active configuration. (is 3 active/1 standby
> nodes "better")
>
> Personally, I think the Dell/Linux/EMC+Oracle RAC 4-node clusters look
> pretty sweet, but I don't really want to jeopardize the contract by
> suggesting it to an important client...
>
> Money may not be the limiting factor, but massive overkill may not do it..
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Foz
Received on Sun May 11 2003 - 18:47:44 CDT
