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On 2006-10-11, Fuzzy <fuzzy.greybeard_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> What do you mean 'targeted load testing'?
Test the SAN itself, isolated from any other variable conditions.
>
> If we mean the same thing, ASM appears to [attempt to] rewrite the
> rules of any load testing that I can envision - potentially obsoleting
> the conventional disk management wisdom.
You still have to validate the hardware. How do you validate the hardware, including the ASM layer before you hand off the storage system to the next part of the system deployment process.
>
> However, at the same time ASM monitors load, provides reports on load
> by disk, and automatically attempts to rebalance load according to
> need.
>
> /HansF (using my gmail account in this hotel)
>
IOW, you don't know and it looks like you never really thought about it.
How does the sysadmin do his QA before he hands over the system to the DBA?
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