Having been the person responsible ( on the database side ) for those particular Sharks that Pete is referring to, I can say that I would certainly consider something else.
There are a number of built in limitations: * cannot create a volume as large as a LUN * cannot enforce varying stripe sizes * different LUNS have different drive parameters * RAID 5 ONLY!!!!! * the *only* way to achieve the claimed throughput is with a 100% cache hit rate on the Shark Cache. Jared Peter Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/19/2002 07:38 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Re: IBM AIX & Shark storage? I don't have any specifics but we were replacing all of our older storage with Sharks. The plan was developed a couple of years ago. As we get more experience with Sharks we are starting to look once again at EMC. Like I mentioned, no details but the storage folks have convinced a True Blue management to look at other options. --- Jack van Zanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > We are not using them for our Oracle storage but > other apps. > > But according to the UNIX boys they are much faster > than the EMC symmetrix > that we have here for our oracle storage. Setup may > be different from a > point of recoverability, availability so it's a > little like comparing > apples to pears. They are fast though. > > > > Jack > > > > > > "James Howerton" > > > <jhowerton@uabmc. To: > Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > edu> cc: > (bcc: Jack van Zanen/nlzanen1/External/MEY/NL) > > Sent by: > Subject: IBM AIX & Shark storage? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > 18-06-2002 18:21 > > > Please respond to > > > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > > > DBA's > > Anyone using IBM's Shark storage solution? What is > you're opinion? > > I understand it uses raid 5 :-( with a big cache in > front. I've talked > to a couple of DBA's that are using them and they > think they are great > and haven't experienced any problems with poor > performance (including > write speed). > > We've had a bad experience with Hitachi raid 5, > salesman said it was > great so the boss bought it. > > Thanks > ...JIM... > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: James Howerton > 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). 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