Re: oracle on sun solaris

hpuxrac wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
> > hopehope_123 wrote:
> > > Hi ,
> > >
> > > We are about to move our current datawarehouse system from redhat
> > > linux to a sun solaris box. ( 6 dual core cpus, 2 hba , emc disk
> > > array , raid 10 , 24GB. RAM)
> > >
> > > The db size is about 2tb.
> > >
> > > Since this is a datawarehouse system , random sequential io is my main
> > > concern , we also use parallel query heavily.
> > >
> > > I have some questions on my mind:
> > >
> > > 1. What file system to choose? UFS , Veritas or raw device?
> > >
> > > 2. If i choose ufs or veritas , should i use direct_io or not? Since
> > > parallel query bypasses the sga , and directIO bypasses the page
> > > cache , using buffered io is better .
> > >

> >
> > Would recommend you avoid third-party products that will inevitably
> > lead to higher costs, training issues, and vendor finger-pointing
> > exercises.

> That sounds like a recommendation from someone will little practical
> experience with veritas on solaris? That set of products is not
> exactly uncommon in the oracle world.

Mr. Morgan, what is your experience level with those products? Received on Sun Jun 18 2006 - 09:58:31 CDT