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On 2006-06-22, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>
>> If your admins don't already grok SAN and clustering, that
>> will be an extra hurdle that RAC brings to the table.
>
> Do you have actual hands-on experience with RAC? One need know nothing
Do you?
I have top to bottom database systems experience on various platforms. I don't just delegate the details like many dbas have the luxury of doing.
> about SANs to create a RAC cluster. NFS mount a NetApp and carve out
Even an NFS mount to a NetApp (a dubious choice at best) will include RAC specific gotchas. Based on Oracle IO recommendation, any NFS solution is going to be woefully inadequate for DW.
[deletia]
In a room full of people that actually have deployed RAC, NFS (even the netapp branded variety) typically doesn't come up.
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