Latest I checked ( 1999) NFS was big no no for Oracle - but I did it
anyways and database got corrupted.
On 8/26/06, Tanel Poder <tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee> wrote:
>
> Hm,
>
> > The only problem with NetApp is you have to be thir customer.
>
> Now I checked their download page, yep you need some existing customer ID
> for downloading the netapp simulator.
> Thats kind of lame, why the heck would I need a simulator if I already got
> the product..
>
> But anyway, that's no problem, as you can do RAC using plain NFS as well,
> as long as you use correct mount options (metalink note: 359515.1)
>
> > Firewire disk you can buy for $250, couple of network cards and you
> have real 2 node RAC.
>
> NFS is "free" plus it scales to more than just couple of nodes. 2 node
> RAC is quite pointless anyway,
>
> > VmWare is good, but doesn't give you real RAC "feel" since it happens
> on one box.
>
> You won't get real RAC feel on a single firewire disk either, because of
> this physical disk performance constraints I mentioned in my previous post.
> So as neither of the approaches aren't good enough for real peformance
> testing, why waste the money and be stuck with Linux OS when going with
> firewire...
>
> Tanel.
>
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> *To:* tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee
> *Cc:* Amir.Hameed_at_xerox.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> *Subject:* Re: Question on FireWire drive model for Oracle RAC
>
>
>
> The only problem with NetApp is you have to be thir customer.
> Firewire disk you can buy for $250, couple of network cards and you have
> real 2 node RAC.
> VmWare is good, but doesn't give you real RAC "feel" since it happens on
> one box.
>
>
>
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