Re: Netapp filer....Are they worth it????

Brian Peasland wrote:

> I wouldn't use NetApp for an Oracle database. I've only heard one guy
> say that it worked great.

That guy being Tom Kyte? My understanding is that NetApp is running asktom.oracle.com and most of Oracle Corporation itself.

  The only other times I heard that it worked
> great was in advertisements from NetApp. Everyone else I've ever heard
> talk about it had basically said it sucked for one of two reasons:
>
> 1. Poor performance

Benchmark at Oracle on an 18 hour job showed a difference of 12 minutes against EMC.

> 2. Network glitches killed the database since it find the database
> datafiles.

Haven't seen this once with the current breed of NetApp hardware. My guess is the experience was from some years back.

>
> HTH,
> Brian

Surely you don't think Larry is risking his company on inferior hardware.

Oh ... and unless that 'one guy' is me ... make it two guys.

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