NetApp Filer is a "special case" of NFS and is, in fact, supported by Oracle
--- "Jesse, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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).
