Oracle-L: RE: why SAN ? why not external storage ?

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 07:39:22 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005678EB.20030312073922@fatcity.com>

Tim - Can you elaborate on those reasons? Our administrators feel DAS is usually much cheaper, and they are not convinced the SAN performance is there.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 7:34 AM
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Can you share some of the reasons related to your decision in choosing a direct-attach storage (DAS) instead of a SAN? In general, a SAN is a much smarter choice than DAS.

Original Message ----- To: Multiple <mailto:ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:33 AM

list, one of our clietns are going to by SAN, the current oracle databases take around
36GB of storage.... i dnt understand there reason to go for SAN, i sugguested to buy an external storage
box instead. How can i justify my desicion ? (cost of not the factor)

TIA
rahul

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