Re: Linux Flavour for Oracle 9i

From: Fabrizio <fabrizio.magni_at_mycontinent.com>
Date: 17 Nov 2004 08:44:56 +0100
Message-ID: <419B0253.3010009@mycontinent.com>

Marc Eggenberger wrote:
> In article <cfee5bcf.0411150813.11ee5c6e_at_posting.google.com>,
> mccmx_at_hotmail.com says...
>
> [...]
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>

>>I am wondering about the stability of Linux drivers for Fibre Channel HBAs.  
>>I read on LinuxJournal that Linux drivers for Fibre Channel are not 100% stable.
>>
>>Are any of your servers connected to a S.A.N..?

>
>
> Yes ... we have some penguins (9R2 RAC) connected to a HP EVA. We had
> some difficulties with installing. It was a new product (The EVA) from
> HP then and SecurePath (thats the software that chooses which path to
> take if you are connected with several fibre channel connections to the
> san) used 100% cpu when activated. We had to upgrade our Suse SEL server
> and also got a new driver version from HP (where the support for Linux
> was great actually). The system now is running with SecurePath for
> several months without any problems. Fast and reliable so far.
>
>

Hi Marc,
sorry to bother but can you give me the version of every software involved? I'm going to start my first test on EVA in two weeks and you could spare me a lot of troubles.

Fabrizio

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Received on Wed Nov 17 2004 - 01:44:56 CST