Re: WAFL a.k.a. RAID-4

From: Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:59:10 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0057FEDC.20030411135910@fatcity.com>

we used to. And we didn't stop using it because it was bad but because we ported the applications into a different data center and now use SAN and NAS.

It works, and we used it for a highly active OLTP database.

Rachel
--- DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> wrote:
> We just had a joint pitch from Net Appliance and Oracle about the
> marvels of
> WAFL, also known as RAID-4. Naturally it will offer tremendous
> performance
> and make your kids get better grades, etc. I looked at our archives
> and the
> last time this was discussed, there didn't seem to be anyone that
> would
> confess to using Net Appliance in production. But that was a while
> back, so
> I just wanted to check again. Anybody using Net Appliance to support
> a
> production Oracle database?
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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