I thought that Oracle datafiles over NFS was neither recommended nor supported. Has this changed?
Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:30 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Net App Filer > > > Gunnar Berglund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on > Friday, September > 05, 2003 5:24 AM said; > > > is anyone using Net App Filer -products with Oracle environment. > > Yup. Hosts a horde of databases for a medium sized outfit - > pehaps 3000 > employees, 24/7 manufacturing. > > > What do you think? > > I like it but I'm not the DBA. It works for us, but might > not be right for > a bigger company. That said, most companies in the US ARE > our size .. or > smaller. > > > Advantages > > Snapshot. Best damn way to backup a box yet. We 'snap' at 12 hour > intervals, it's a breeze to restore. Off course, we still have tapes. > > It's Unix, underneath. > > Web Mgt interface makes doing admin chores easy. > > Just Works - mount the Filer drives as NFS mounts from the host. > > Support; Net App knows about problems at the same time we do. > A few times > our POC has gotten to work and found out about potential > problems from a > chipper voice mail from Net App. > > > Disadvantages > > It was difficult getting to know the Filer at first - we had > a difficult > time wrapping our heads around the whole idea. Our DBA was > .. dubious at > best about the prospect. I think we've won him over. > > ~brian > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).