In your message, you said:
>
> Would the availability of read-only access to database servers without
> quorum alter your statements?
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>
> In other words, are y'all (those of you who are, that is) suggesting
> transparent cross-cell volumes as a mechanism for dealing with this
> database problem? Which, if it didn't exist, would prompt you to simply
> use a single cell?
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>
This would give us a lot of flexibility that we currently don't have.
At Lehman, we primarily use AFS for redundant, read-only access of
third-party and in-house applications. The servers are spread across
two sites; 101 Hudson (NJ) and World Financial Center (NYC).
[WFC has the quorum]
Although these two sites are connected via multiple T3 lines (separate
common carriers/one microwave/one fiber), it is not inconceivable that
WFC could go down. From a disaster recovery perspective, we would
like 101 Hudson to be a backup site for WFC.
(And multiple cells is currently an administration nightmare.)
Moreover, I would like to include 6 domestic branches in our AFS
strategy. If a quorum wasn't necessary for read-only access, I'd be
able to deploy AFS more widely.
The bottom line, IMHO, is that the availability of read-only access to
database servers without quorum is really a requirement for us going
forward.
Consider this a formal RFE for Lehman.
Joe
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Joseph Sieczkowski
Lehman Brothers
SA Manager, 101 Hudson
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(201) 524-5215 ( 101 Hudson Street )
(212) 526-8893 ( World Financial Center )
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