Re: AIX to linux migration

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 23:30:16 GMT
Message-ID: <cSw5g.66291$F_3.36205@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>

"JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message news:bq5ii3-o78.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...

> On 2006-04-29, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:

>>
>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
>> news:u5v9i3-tis.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>>> On 2006-04-28, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
>>>> news:jcs5i3-m4t.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>>>>> On 2006-04-27, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:2i84i3-ekj.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>>>>>>> On 2006-04-26, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:1o02i3-sn8.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>>>>>>>>> On 2006-04-22, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "astalavista" <nobody_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:444a354c$0$31449$626a54ce_at_news.free.fr...
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We are going to test our Datawarehouse running on :
>>>>>>>>>>> Oracle 9.2.0.5 on AIX 5.1 + DAS
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> Oracle 10.2 on Linux AS 4 x86_64 + SAN HP EVA 4000
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Have you some recommandations, advices ?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ASM ?
>>>>>>>>>>> OCFS ?
>>>>>>>>>>> block size 16k , 32k ?
>>>>>>>>>>> Raw device ?
>>>>>>>>>>> SAN configuration? LUN organisation ?

> [deletia]


>>>>> That's a bit like saying a numerical analysis textbook will

>>>>> give you a good understanding of high performance computing.

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>> I have to respectfully disagree. Manuals are very specific on these

>>>> topics.

>>>

>>> Which ones?
>>>
>>
>> The ones from the vendors.

>
> I was looking for something more along the lines of an oracle
> or osborne press product ID. Your response is far too vague to be
> meaningful.
>

It won't matter since you think a particular newgroup is better than reading any manuals.

>>
>>> Manuals are like textbooks. They don't give you any real clue. They
>>> just give you enough background knowledge so that you can ask meaningful
>>> questions. They also give you just enough knowledge to be dangerous and
>>> convince others you know what you're doing.
>>>
>>
>> If learning from the manuals can make you dangerous, I can't imagine not
>> learning from them would do to you.

>
> ...probably yield someone able to write a better manual.
>

I thought you don't believe in manuals.

>>
>> How else do you learn other than from the manuals? By hacking?

>

>>
>>> This is why most professions have an aprenticeship period.
>>>
>>
>> Not without first knowing the subjects.

>
> That would be IS97 or equivalent, not Oracle's documentation.
>

For an Oracle job? No. Received on Mon May 01 2006 - 18:30:16 CDT