DiskSuite vs. Veritas Volume Manager

From: Ervine & Henry Fox <h.fox_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:28:21 -0500
Message-ID: <8slme3$auj$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>

Solaris 2.6
Oracle 8.1.6

Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of using DiskSuite vs. Veritas Volume Manager for setting up filesystems for an Oracle database?

We are working with a third party application vendor who has basically written a "middleware" software as an interface between the client software
(also theirs) and the Oracle database. The middleware software and Oracle
sit on the same server. The database will be written to every hour
(inserts), no updates (this would skew data), and deletes during maintenance
at night. This is of course in the perfect plan. The supported databases will run anywhere 15GB to 800GB with growth expected every year. The number of users will also vary and will be random as reports are needed to run.

I know that Veritas is more robust and I like it better than DiskSuite. However, not all of our customers can purchase Veritas. Is there a "line that shouldn't be crossed" between the two? I would hate to set up a site on DiskSuite and then find out they should have used Veritas to begin with? At the same time, I would like to be able to tell a customer if they can get by with using DiskSuite?

If there is documentation that explains the differences between the two, I'd appreciate that info as well. Thanks for any and all responses.

Fox Received on Wed Oct 18 2000 - 21:28:21 CDT