Re: AIX to linux migration

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:38:15 GMT
Message-ID: <r8W3g.70301$H71.24482@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>

"JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message news:2i84i3-ekj.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
> On 2006-04-26, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:

>>
>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
>> news:1o02i3-sn8.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>>> On 2006-04-22, Bob Jones <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "astalavista" <nobody_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:444a354c$0$31449$626a54ce_at_news.free.fr...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> We are going to test our Datawarehouse running on :
>>>>> Oracle 9.2.0.5 on AIX 5.1  + DAS
>>>>> to
>>>>> Oracle 10.2  on Linux AS 4 x86_64 + SAN HP EVA 4000
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you some recommandations, advices ?
>>>>>
>>>>> ASM ?
>>>>> OCFS ?
>>>>> block size 16k , 32k ?
>>>>> Raw device ?
>>>>> SAN configuration? LUN organisation ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you running RAC? I would suggest reading the manuals on these 
>>>> topics.
>>>
>>> That will certainly answer the questions he's posted <NOT>.
>>>
>>> RTFM will not give him the slightest clue about which particular
>>> bits and bobs should be implemented versus other alternatives. If he's
>>> lucky, TFM will not be littered with Oracle sales BS.
>>>
>>
>> I normally do not like to tell people to read TFM, but with the 
>> information
>> provided, it's hard to help. IMO, the best way is to read about the 
>> options
>> and make decisions based on specific requirements.
>

> The manuals might tell you whats out there. They probably aren't
> even complete in that respect. They certainly won't give you any idea of
> what works well versus other options that just aren't worth the trouble
> no matter how cheap they are.

>

> If you want real information about what other people have successfully
> done, join a mailing list like oracle-suse or one of the ocfs2 lists. You
> will
> at least see examples of people trying to make RAC work, what they're
> trying
> with and what some of their issues are.
>

But they are still no substitution for manuals, if you want to gain good understanding of the topics. Received on Wed Apr 26 2006 - 21:38:15 CDT