Re: Oracle on Netapps - Volumes setup question

 "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:41c8cfbf$1_4_at_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.

Good enough advise for now. Thanks.

Fyi... couldn't wait too long. We are in a very test mode, and if really needed we will re-configure. But for now, went with 4 volumes of 14 disks each. Have a few fairly large instances with 1 approaching 2 TB.

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Received on Wed Dec 22 2004 - 05:26:03 CST