Re: Oracle on Netapps - Volumes setup question

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:41:19 -0800
Message-ID: <41c8cfbf$1_4@127.0.0.1>

Burt Peltier wrote:

> Looking for just a hint or comment on setup of storage for Netapps dedicated
> to Oracle Linux IBM Itanium2 x455s with latest Redhat EL 3.0 Update 2 .
>
> The Netapps are fairly new (last 12 months purchased), but not sure of model
> numbers . The network is suppose to be isolated from other Ethernet traffic
> and we are only doing TCP (no UDP). Not "exporting" disks, just doing mounts
> for the Netapps storage with automount at reboot.
>
> QUESTION: The main question ..... I'd really appreciate comments on are
> wouldn't we be better off with 8 volumes with 7 disks each rather than 4
> volumes with 14 disks each?

Probably doesn't much matter. Keep in mind you are not writing to the disks ... the NetApp o/s is: You are writing to a RAM cache.

If you contact me off-line I can refer you to internal resources at Oracle and NetApp that can point you in the best possible direction for your specific hardware.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)


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