Re: Direct NFS anyone?
From: The Boss <nltaal_at_baasbovenbaas.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:46:47 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <1f7fed9e-84f6-4c76-ae31-125bfd5b0cc8_at_c2g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>
On Dec 21, 1:05 pm, Noons <wizofo..._at_yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Gerard H. Pille wrote,on my timestamp of 20/12/2010 11:57 PM:
>
>
>
> >>> Or is nobody using it?
>
> >> Count 1 here.
>
> > It feels great not to be alone. We can form a duo.
>
> > We're testing with Oracles Linux on VMWare, database files hosted by NetApp.
>
> > Too many variables to locate the bottleneck. When I ran my test yesterday
> > evening, having all systems to myself, performance was 4 times better than
> > during working hours.
>
> Errr.... I meant: count 1 not using it.
> We might have to, if the new hardware ends up being Netapp. But I'm sticking to
> iscsi and/or fc for the time being, until someone proves to me d-nfs can do
> everything it promises at all times. We all know lab conditions are not real
> life ones...
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:46:47 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <1f7fed9e-84f6-4c76-ae31-125bfd5b0cc8_at_c2g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>
On Dec 21, 1:05 pm, Noons <wizofo..._at_yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Gerard H. Pille wrote,on my timestamp of 20/12/2010 11:57 PM:
>
>
>
> >>> Or is nobody using it?
>
> >> Count 1 here.
>
> > It feels great not to be alone. We can form a duo.
>
> > We're testing with Oracles Linux on VMWare, database files hosted by NetApp.
>
> > Too many variables to locate the bottleneck. When I ran my test yesterday
> > evening, having all systems to myself, performance was 4 times better than
> > during working hours.
>
> Errr.... I meant: count 1 not using it.
> We might have to, if the new hardware ends up being Netapp. But I'm sticking to
> iscsi and/or fc for the time being, until someone proves to me d-nfs can do
> everything it promises at all times. We all know lab conditions are not real
> life ones...
<;-)>
You must be one of those "Manly Men" Kevin Closson wrote about 3,5
years ago:
http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/manly-men-deploy-oracle-with-fibre-channel-only-oracle-over-nfs-is-weird/
http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/manly-men-only-deploy-oracle-with-fibre-channel-part-vi-introducing-oracle11g-direct-nfs/
http://www.nd.edu/~sheridan/Neander%20Valley/Neander%20Valley-Pages/Image11.html <d&r>
-- JeroenReceived on Tue Dec 21 2010 - 15:46:47 CST