Here is an informative article entitled "Sane SAN", by James Morle that describes the use of SAN and NAS from a database performance perspective. Good reading...
http://miracleas.dk/DBF/Morle/Sane_SAN_WP.pdf HTH, david David B. Wagoner Database Administrator Arsenal Digital Solutions Worldwide, Inc. 8000 Regency Parkway, Suite 110 Cary, NC 27511-8582 Office (919) 466-6723 Pager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax (919) 466-6783 http://www.arsenaldigital.com/ *** NOTICE *** This e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged, work product or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please immediately notify the sender by phone or email and delete this e-mail message from your computer. Thank you. -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Stefan - By NAS, I assume you mean "Network Attached Storage". We use a Net Appliance on our test server and it works well for the purpose. Basically we have about a dozen Oracle instances which are used infrequently, so it provides tons of cheap storage that isn't used that much. I found out the hard way that you can overwhelm it with too many simultaneous heavy batch jobs. My guess is that with both RAC and NAS the key is to configure the highest-speed dedicated connections possible. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:19 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello everybody, I was wondering if anybody has real "hands-on" experience with either a combination of both RAC and NAS or just running 9i on an NAS. What are the pros and cons ? Does anybody have some input on this topic ? Maybe some helpful links besides technet ? TIA Stefan -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stefan Jahnke INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: David Wagoner INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).