Re: Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC

Tim,

RAC/SFOR/HACMP/VCS etc are for high availability. Not disaster recovery. As such, it's for the type of "disasters" that involve losing 1 server. Anything else you would need a DR setup to handle.

Finn

On 10/29/07, Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com> wrote:
>
> Well......out of all the possible (and probable) range of faults and
> failures, exactly what types of "disasters" does clustering such as RAC or
> SFOR protect against?
>
>
>
> ken_nguyen_at_comcast.net wrote:
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> >It has to be a very selective disaster for clustering (i.e. RAC, HACMP,
> etc) to provide much protection.
>
> Tim-
>
> Sorry, I don't understand what that means.
>
> Ken
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com> <tim_at_evdbt.com>
> It has to be a very selective disaster for clustering (i.e. RAC, HACMP,
> etc) to provide much protection.
>
>
> ken_nguyen_at_comcast.net wrote:
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> Dan, thanks for the feedback.
>
> We're trying to protect more than just the Oracle DB. While CRS and
> Dataguard work well to provide HA, it doesn't take into account the Siebel,
> IIS, etc installs that form the entire application stack.
>
> With this solution, we're hoping to lower the TCO in the event of a
> disaster.
>
> Ken
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Dan Norris <dannorris_at_dannorris.com> <dannorris_at_dannorris.com>
> I have used the SFOR previously, but not on the current versions and not
> with 10g DB. I had no problems with the SFOR software.
>
> If I were implementing a cluster today with 10g, I wouldn't use any
> non-Oracle clusterware. Instead, I'd just use Oracle Clusterware as it
> provides all the HA you'll need for the DB. Maybe you have other reasons for
> using SFOR...I hope you do because I couldn't justify the investment given
> the current architecture.
>
> Others have posted similarly on this list and in OTN forums as well.
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ken Nguyen <ken_nguyen_at_comcast.net> <ken_nguyen_at_comcast.net>
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 4:46:05 AM
> Subject: Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
>
> We˘re looking to implement Symantec Storage Foundation HA for Oracle RAC
> to offer HA for our Oracle 10g RAC on RHEL.
>
>
>
> Oracle has fully certified most of the components within this Symantec
> solution, except for the automatic failover piece (GCO).
>
> This component is certified on all platforms except for Red Hat, could
> have something to do with Oracle˘s OEL initiative.
>
>
>
> Is anyone using this or any other Symantec SF products without any issues?
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>
>
> Ken
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