Re: Rac on Linux

On 2006-09-23, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>> On 2006-09-13, HansF <Fuzzy.Greybeard_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:18:54 -0700, hpuxrac wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Do you like your database vendor to also provide your file systems?
>>> Why not?
>>
>> You no longer have access to your database using standard
>> well establish, well known and well understood system level utilities.
>> Your filesystems are now a blackbox that only Oracle can penetrate.
>
> Which utility do you use that allows you to view files on raw devices?
>
> And for those who are scratching their heads at my question ... yes I
> know what I wrote ... and if you reread what I left of the thread you'll
> know why.

        ...this one just crept up.

        Once you've tossed out all of your OS utilities for dealing with disk devices in favor of putting all of your eggs in Oracle's basket, then how do you do targeted load testing on your storage subsystem?

        In general, do you have any clue how to validate a disk or disk subsystem before it goes into production?

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