RE: Top (<=10) Issues faced by Oracle DBAs Deploying in a

Hemant --

I just came off a gig where I was the storage/Unix/DBA geek, and, in my opinion, while the level of expertise *does* need to be higher, *and different*, for in that environment, it's all front-end. Once you have the database configured and the backup and recovery scripts written and tested, you can go back to having just straight DBAs. At least that's what they did at my last site, and I haven't heard any complaints from them.

Bambi.

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Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

As an Oracle DBA , I have no problems putting my Databases on SANs [yes, we have seperate SANs, from different vendors].

However, I find that Storage and Unix Admin skill requirements for a SAN seem to be higher. When Clustered servers access the SAN, it seems to be even more difficult to get an additional mount point made available to the DBA.

Hemant
At 10:59 AM 25-09-03 -0800, you wrote:
>Fellow Listers,
>
>If you don't deal with Oracle databases on SAN/NAS
>environments, this posting may not interest you. If
>so, my apologies, please delete this. Otherwise,
>please read on.
>
>In an effort to better understand what issues you face
>when deploying an Oracle database in a SAN/NAS
>environment, I am writing to you to get some "real
>life" feedback. Although I have a fair idea, where
>some of the pain lies, it would be much more valuable
>if you could tell me. Kind of like "From the horse's
>mouth..."...;-) And I truly meant that as a
>compliment...:-)
>
>My goal is to fully understand where the "real pain"
>lies, so that appropriate solutions can be built to
>alleviate or even eliminate the pain. You can be as
>broad or narrow in your responses using the following
>topics as guidelines:
>
>* Initial SAN/NAS Configuration for Database Creation
> and Application Deployment
>* Ongoing Storage Volume Management in a SAN/NAS
>* Ongoing Storage Administration (Growth, Resizing)
>* Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting
>* Things that require automation
>* Anything else you think is important that I have
> missed
>
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>can count on me to do that.
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>Gaja
>
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