Re: Oracle 10g - db_recovery_file_dest and db_recovery_file_dest_size
From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:07:17 -0800
Message-ID: <1199480819.698972@bubbleator.drizzle.com>
>
> If I could draw, I'd make a picture showing a bum holding a disk drive
> and a sign that says "will iSCSI for $5"
>
> But seriously, a fully populated SAN means big $$$ for production
> quality disk increase. The graph of storage pricing is a step
> function when you get beyond toy hardware. Add standby into it and
> everything doubles. If your requirements are that you need a standby,
> you don't want toys.
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> Those darn quotation marks. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140997-pg,1/article.html
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:07:17 -0800
Message-ID: <1199480819.698972@bubbleator.drizzle.com>
joel garry wrote:
> On Jan 3, 10:16 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>> joel garry wrote: >>> On Jan 3, 8:15 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote: >>>> maadhuuranja..._at_gmail.com wrote: >>>>> Thanks Daniel. >>>>> But I would like to know if there is a practice that is generally >>>>> followed like RMAN backup and archived backups will be one location >>>>> whereas Flash Db recovery data will be in some other place and so on ? >>>>> thanks. >>>>> Madhu M >>>> As with most things ... it depends. >>>> Generally speaking I will multiplex redo logs with one copy going to the >>>> FRA and the other to a second location. Given that disk is disk is disk >>>> and that 750GB drives are under $200 USD it makes more sense to just by >>>> more disk than to worry much about it. >>> $200 for the disk... but how much for the place to plug it in to? :-) >> iSCSI or NFS ... about $5.00 <g>
>
> If I could draw, I'd make a picture showing a bum holding a disk drive
> and a sign that says "will iSCSI for $5"
>
> But seriously, a fully populated SAN means big $$$ for production
> quality disk increase. The graph of storage pricing is a step
> function when you get beyond toy hardware. Add standby into it and
> everything doubles. If your requirements are that you need a standby,
> you don't want toys.
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> Those darn quotation marks. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140997-pg,1/article.html
Agreed but lets go back to the original question that started this off. What does it cost to have a larger FRA? And my answer is not that much.
Anyone, while quantities last, wanting a NetApp F820 with 120GB of disk can get one from me for free if they'll pay the shipping. How's that for getting the cost down? <g>
-- Daniel A. Morgan Oracle Ace Director & Instructor University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.orgReceived on Fri Jan 04 2008 - 15:07:17 CST