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

> > 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.

Nope. Don't remember his name, but it wasn't Tom.  

> > 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.

Admittedly, my knowledge of the NetApp hardware is not of the current offerings. Hopefully they've changed for the better. It sounds like they have.  

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

I'll make it two now.

Cheers,
Brian

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