On Nov 22, 11:32 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
> NetComrade wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:29:53 -0800 (PST), Yonah Russ
> > <yonah.r..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Hi,
>
> >> We have RAC installed on 2 T2000 machines.
> >> Solaris 10, patched
> >> IPMP for failover on all interfaces
> >> NetApp NFS for datafile,voting disk, etc.
> >> Oracle installation, binaries, etc. are on local disks.
> >> All configurations were according to Oracle/NetApp docs.
> >> There were no issues during installation.
>
> >> When we try to create the db using dbca, the process hangs during data
> >> dictionary creation.
> >> There is only one error message "Warning: aiowait timed out x times"
> >> All the NFS partitions are mounted forcedirectio, and we have tried
> >> with aio disabled in oracle.
> >> We have also tried without forcedirectio, with nointr instead of intr.
> >> If we create a db on the local disks there is no issue.
> >> There are no problems using the NFS shares in general.
>
> > Get their 'fibre' module.
> > But NetApp is the biggest POS 'enterprise' array i ever dealt with.
> > Slow as a floppy, and NetApp's reply is 'your fine', even though my PC
> > performs better, and it doesn't cost 100K
>
> > .......
> > We run Oracle 9iR2,10gR1/2 on RH4/RH3 and Solaris 10 (Sparc)
> > remove NSPAM to email
>
> Not mine. I have a 270C here and it does things that would cause your PC
> to fall on its knees and beg for mercy.
>
> Think you could perform 8 simultaneous installations of Oracle
> E-Business Suite Release 12 on your PC? I don't think so. And with 8
> running at the same time the NFS mounted NetApp isn't even breathing hard.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> Oracle Ace Director & Instructor
> University of Washington
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