Re: AIX to linux migration

On 2006-04-29, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
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> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
> news:u5v9i3-tis.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>> On 2006-04-28, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
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>>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
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>>>> 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 ?
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>>>> 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.
>>
>> Which ones?
>>
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> The ones from the vendors.

        I was looking for something more along the lines of an oracle or osborne press product ID. Your response is far too vague to be meaningful.

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>> Manuals are like textbooks. They don't give you any real clue. They
>> just give you enough background knowledge so that you can ask meaningful
>> questions. They also give you just enough knowledge to be dangerous and
>> convince others you know what you're doing.
>>
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> If learning from the manuals can make you dangerous, I can't imagine not
> learning from them would do to you.

        ...probably yield someone able to write a better manual.

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> How else do you learn other than from the manuals? By hacking?

        Your cushy modern lifestyle is the product of "hacking".

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>> This is why most professions have an aprenticeship period.
>>
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> Not without first knowing the subjects.

        That would be IS97 or equivalent, not Oracle's documentation.

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