Fuzzy wrote:
> On May 8, 2:27 am, sybrandb <sybra..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 8, 9:57 am, NetComrade <netcomradeNS..._at_bookexchange.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If you backup to NFS, which device you use, and what throughput do you
>>> achieve. We'd like to be able to backup multiple db's at once, so
>>> something in the range of 100Megs+/sec is what we are looking for
>>> (obviously for cheap). Storage size is a few TB.
>>> (need to buy a new one)
>>> .......
>>> We run Oracle 9iR2,10gR1/2 on RH4/RH3 and Solaris 10 (Sparc)
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>> Did you ever try to restore from such a NFS backup?
>> I did. It wasn't funny. I never got the database back.
>>
>> --
>> Sybrand Bakker
>> Senior Oracle DBA
>
>
> Which NFS were you using?
>
> If the traditional one based on UDP, I concur that you could/should
> expect challenges. However, I'd expect most propblems to disappear
> when using the new NFS based on TCP.
>
> I've done some of this kind of backup to NetApp Filer using their NFS
> and had no challenges. Then again, their NFS is also certified for
> Oacle RAC.
> --
> Hans Forbrich (mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard_at_gmail.com)
> *** Feel free to correct me when I'm wrong!
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Same experience here. If NetApp's NFS, AFAIK the only one certified by
Oracle, I've never experienced a problem.
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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Tue May 08 2007 - 10:28:43 CDT
