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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Terabytes on a SAN - need info
In the next few months, I'm going to be asked to set up an Oracle
database (probably 9i, maybe 10g) using a SAN for storage. The database
will contain 4-8 terabytes of spatial data (orthorectified air photos,
Landsat etc.). We don't use Oracle spatial, we use ESRI's ArcSDE. We
have a smaller geodatabase (250 Gb) already in place.
I don't know anything about the SAN hardware, but Oracle will reside on a Windows 2003 server. This may also be the database that finally convinces me to use RMAN!
Because this is so new, it is difficult to assess future usage. I expect the number of users on our internal network to be in the 10-20 range. However, we will be offering this data for viewing over the Internet. I would guess we will have several hundred users, potentially thousands, but not likely tens of thousands.
I know nothing about SANs, and can't seem to find a beginner's guide on the Internet. I've found lots of vendor information, but I need something a bit more introductory before I can make sense of that.
If anyone can point me to information on setting up large Oracle databases on a SAN, I'd be grateful. If you have any experience with large spatial databases, contact me offline.
Thanks!
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Received on Tue Mar 08 2005 - 11:37:54 CST
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