Re: EMC - Hitachi

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Ganapathi Kesavelu wrote:

>
> We are looking for a storage option. Here are the
> specs
>
> O/S Digital Unix 4.0D (upgraded to 4.0G)
> Tru Cluster 1.5 (upgraded to 1.6)
> Oracle 7.3.4 with OPS (upgraded to 8.1.7)
> Database will be around 100G (24x7 system)
>
> The sales guys from EMC and Hitachi have met us. EMC
> is proposing a 8430 . Hitachi is considering 7700E and
> 9900.
>

This is not quite what you asked for, but I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that our experiences with Hitachi disk midrange systems were less than favorable.

I don't know the model # of the system we tested. The platform was Sun E series servers running Solaris 2.6 and Veritas vfs filesystems.

While the Hitachi system was very fast, our SA experienced reliability problems even after microcode updates.

Whatever system you lean towards, you should be allowed a trial period with it so that the SA and DBA can put it through it's paces and try to break it.

Be sure to heed Gaja's comments on the subject as well, and do download his paper.

Jared Still
Certified Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist ;-) Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon
jkstill_at_bcbso.com - Work - preferred address Received on Tue Nov 14 2000 - 08:23:48 CST