Re: Rac on Linux

On 2006-10-11, Fuzzy <fuzzy.greybeard_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>> 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.
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>> How does the sysadmin do his QA before he hands over the system
>> to the DBA?
>>
>
> I would expect the sysadmin to use the SAN vendor's tools. That does

        Like what exactly?

> for both QA and load testing of raw disk IO.
>
> I still don't see how this has anything to do with trusting ASM.
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