Oracle on Procom

Hello,

We are looking at buying a Procom NetForce box (a Network Attached Storage solution) for
running a medium-sized (500GB) Oracle data warehouse
(currently, 8.1.6 on Solaris 2.7). I would appreciate
any comments regarding Procom NetForce from anyone with experience, pro or con. I found several messages regarding network appliances in the archives, but none about Procom.

I have some specific questions:
1) Do Procom's checkpoints integrate in any way with Oracle

   backup and recovery, or are they useless if Oracle needs    to stay up 24x7?
2) How well does their java-based administration GUI work? Are

   there any system adminstration tasks not included in this tool? 3) Are there any helpful Procom utilities for fast Oracle data transfer

   among different Oracle instances sharing the same Procom box, or do    you still need to use an Oracle-based solution (replication,    transportable tablespaces, etc)?
4) Is a gigabit ethernet connection between the Oracle server and

   Procomm box essential? Any performance measures? 5) Is it best to install Oracle_Home, redo logs, system and rollback

   tablespaces, and control files on the local Oracle server, and use    the Procom box for all other index and data tablespaces?

Any other advice or comments is appreciated.

Thanks to any responders.
Bill Becker - Marshfield Clinic - beckerb_at_mfldclin.edu

-- 
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
-- 
Author: Bill Becker
  INET: beckerb_at_mfldclin.edu

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L


(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may

also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).