RE: SAN storage

A big factor to think about these days is the software options that come with the storage - do you care about snapshots, remote replication, thin provisioning, dynamic reallocation, etc.?

At the "provide fast storage and multiple RAID options" level, everyone is basically the same. The variability is on the software functionality.

Thanks,
Matt

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org on behalf of Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) Sent: Wed 2/6/2008 9:52 AM
To: p4cldba_at_gmail.com
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I agree with Andrew. I worked with EMC and IBM Shark on Sun and both work just fine. SAN disk is becoming a commodity. Cheaper, faster & better.

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Kerber Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:49 AM To: p4cldba_at_gmail.com
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Subject: Re: SAN storage

There are only three factors, in whatever order is important to you:

-speed, price, and reliability.

I have worked with EMC and Hitachi on Solaris, and been happy with both.

On Feb 5, 2008 5:55 PM, Prasad <p4cldba_at_gmail.com> wrote:

        All,         

        I have a Oracle 10gR2 database on Solaris 9 which is going to be few TB in 6 months time . and my manager wants me to come up with some recommendation for a SAN storage .so Please advise me on what you think can be a best storage solution

        and also what are the key factors that one should look into before deciding on which SAN vendors to choose from?         

        Thanks in Advance         

	regards
	_Prasad 
	
	

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