Re: 10g Resource

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 23:34:28 -0800
Message-ID: <1076312020.285512@yasure>

Paul Drake wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1076203260.152900_at_yasure>...
>

>>Paul Drake wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Andy Hassall <andy_at_andyh.co.uk> wrote in message news:<d8u72057tg4unvo3609miggfpinb47ii0r_at_4ax.com>...
>>><big snip>
>>>
>>>>Just waiting for the Linux port to be released now to have a play with it...
>>>>wasn't it supposed to be this week? 
>>>>(Yes, I know, it'll be out when it's ready ;-) )
>>>
>>>
>>>Andy,
>>>
>>>If Oracle 10g for lin64 (or specifically, linx86_64) ships first,
>>>would you buy an AMD Athlon (or Opteron) system?
>>>Hmm. New Athlon, or SANS course in April?
>>>
>>>Pd
>>
>>I'd by Dell and NetApp.

>
>
> Dell | EMC ain't too shabby.
> I'm looking forward to the new CX300 units being available soon.
>
> I'd pick 2 Gbps FCHBA over trunked NFS/GigE any day.
>
> btw - 10g for linux is available on otn for general dowload.
> you heard it here first.
>
> Pd

I'd stay away from EMC based on an implementation that went terribly wrong here in Seattle over the last few weeks. If you are thinking EMC, rather than NetApp make sure your contract with EMC guarantees all money back plus a financial penalty if they can't get it working within a specified number of days.

Of course this is good advice with any vendor of hardware or software.

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