Re: Storage: SAN, NAS, or Local

Ok, I may not have stated my point as well as I could have.

The challenge is that someone with more control over IT in our shop thinks SAN is a miracle cure. I don't agree with this and was hoping to get some useful info to argue against it (if and when needed).

The comments on the oaktable.net web site were useful.

I suspect the attempt by others (not me) to use SAN for EVERYTHING is flawed, especially if it is as I suspect mixing Oracle datafiles and non-Oracle "who knows what" stuff on the same disk spindles.

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"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
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> Burton Peltier wrote:

>

> > Good suggestion and I agree that what others are doing does NOT alter

what


> > our needs are and whether it is right for us.  Some people (with more

> > control over our IT shop) seem to be convinced SAN storage is a a good

thing


> > for all databases. I am not so convinced, especially because if

configured


> > for both databases and non-databases (which I think it is), there might

be


> > some problems. Like I said, the article at oaktable.net was definitely

> > useful especially in recommending a "MicroSan" for Oracle databases. Do

you


> > agree with this or do you think it is a bad idea?

> >

> > My question may not have been phrased correctly. I was just mainly

wanting


> > to hear from others their experience with using SAN.

> >

> > I know this isn't a scientifically perfect "poll" by any means. But,

hearing


> > what someone or anyone has to say might help it seems, especially if

they


> > provide comments on tips to avoid problems. And, of course, I would

always


> > try it myself too.

> >

> > I do look at any suggestions, prove it for myself, and then maybe use

it.


> >

> > Isn't a forum such as this a good place to ask questions like this?

> >

> > --

> >

> > <snipped>

>

> Is a SAN a miracle cure for everything and every situation? No! Nothing in

the


> IT world is.

>

> You still haven't posted a single bit of useful information someone could

use to


> formulate an intelligent answer to your query. Not even something as basic

as


> what challenges are you facing and what do you think it is going to do for

you


> if you get it.

>

> Seems to me like a mindless attempt to throw money at a problem in the

hope of


> making it go away.

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> Daniel Morgan

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