Re: Oracle 10g (ASM vs Veritas Clustered FS)

On 2005-01-03, Joel Garry <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote:
>> You don't necessarily have to go running to the vendor
>>everytime something goes wrong. Infact, it's better if you don't
>>have to. Vendor response times can vary and you really don't
>>want to be depending on that.
>
>
> Depends on the "you." For a gross overgeneralization, what I've seen
> in places that decide to do things themselves to save on recurring

     Well, nothing can really save you from an organization that insists on subjecting you to 7 year old hand-me-down DLT drives.

> support fees, everything goes fine for a year or three, then it all
> goes to hell as the cumulative lack of preventive maintenance finally
> tsunamis. Like no one remembering to check when the batteries in the
> UPS were installed. Or employee turnover. Or suddenly discovering
> that O7 don't work no more.

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