"JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
news:jcs5i3-m4t.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
> On 2006-04-27, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>
>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
>> news:2i84i3-ekj.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>>> On 2006-04-26, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
>>>> news:1o02i3-sn8.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>>>>> On 2006-04-22, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "astalavista" <nobody_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:444a354c$0$31449$626a54ce_at_news.free.fr...
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are going to test our Datawarehouse running on :
>>>>>>> Oracle 9.2.0.5 on AIX 5.1 + DAS
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> Oracle 10.2 on Linux AS 4 x86_64 + SAN HP EVA 4000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you some recommandations, advices ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ASM ?
>>>>>>> OCFS ?
>>>>>>> block size 16k , 32k ?
>>>>>>> Raw device ?
>>>>>>> SAN configuration? LUN organisation ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you running RAC? I would suggest reading the manuals on these
>>>>>> topics.
>>>>>
>>>>> That will certainly answer the questions he's posted <NOT>.
>>>>>
>>>>> RTFM will not give him the slightest clue about which particular
>>>>> bits and bobs should be implemented versus other alternatives. If he's
>>>>> lucky, TFM will not be littered with Oracle sales BS.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I normally do not like to tell people to read TFM, but with the
>>>> information
>>>> provided, it's hard to help. IMO, the best way is to read about the
>>>> options
>>>> and make decisions based on specific requirements.
>>>
>>> The manuals might tell you whats out there. They probably aren't
>>> even complete in that respect. They certainly won't give you any idea of
>>> what works well versus other options that just aren't worth the trouble
>>> no matter how cheap they are.
>>>
>>> If you want real information about what other people have successfully
>>> done, join a mailing list like oracle-suse or one of the ocfs2 lists.
>>> You
>>> will
>>> at least see examples of people trying to make RAC work, what they're
>>> trying
>>> with and what some of their issues are.
>>>
>>
>> But they are still no substitution for manuals, if you want to gain good
>> understanding of the topics.
>
> That's a bit like saying a numerical analysis textbook will
> give you a good understanding of high performance computing.
>
I have to respectfully disagree. Manuals are very specific on these topics.
Received on Thu Apr 27 2006 - 19:04:15 CDT
