Tim wrote:
> Hello, all.
>
> We are a small (1,500 enrollment) university running SCT Banner
> currently on Oracle 9i on an old HP Alpha.
> We are looking at upgrading to Oracle 10g on a two-node RAC of Windows
> or linux machines - windows because our admins here have the most
> experience administrating it.We would rather build a cluster of boxes
> rather than just one because we can buy multiple wintel boxes and thus
> ensure hopefully an even better availability than our old Alpha.
>
> I am discovering that RAC requires external shared storage. Can someone
> please explain to me what exact kind of hardware (with example
> make/model if possible) would be needed and can be used in a RAC? Our
> database is under 10GB in size and we have about 50 users. I am getting
> lost in the diference between NAS and SAN and which one will work, and
> I'm seeing dollar figures of $12-15,000, which, as a storage solution
> for two $3,000 servers, seems a little out of scope, especially since
> Oracle's big "grid" thing is supposed to be about /in/expensive
> hardware.
>
> Thanks for the help, Tim
I am with a slightly larger university and other than shaking my head
in disbelief at another victim of SCT Banner will be glad to help you
if you contact me off-line.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Received on Mon Nov 07 2005 - 06:24:22 CST
