JEDIDIAH wrote:
> On 2006-07-07, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
>> Ranko.Mosic_at_gmail.com wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I am looking for recommendations on which storage hardware to purchase.
>>>
>>> I want to connect 2 white box PC's ( which I have ) and storage
>>> hardware ( which I don't have yet) into RAC ready config.
>>> ( I tried Firewire thing, didn't work; VMware works, but is only
>>> simulation).
>>>
>>> Regards, Ranko
>> If you want to do it on the REALLY cheap then build a JBOD and install
>> ASM. You might want to look at the ASM White Paper at
>> http://www.psoug.org/downloads.html.
>
> The JBOD still has to be robust enough to survive component failures.
> That's going to impose OS level system requirements to support as well as
> redundancy in the storage hardware from your HBA to the disk.
True but irrelevant for someone wishing to build a "real" RAC system
on which to gain experience and not for production.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Tue Jul 11 2006 - 14:59:31 CDT
