NetApp is NFS; so are all current NAS products... The phrases "NetApp" and "cheap" are *always* used together -- it is their most compelling feature. CFOs love NetApps. For database usage however, they are best used in non-demanding situations (i.e. low I/O volumes). The phrase "filer" is very apt -- their very best application is simple file-serving; Windows network drive or UNIX file-system. But not underneath any I/O-intensive application such as a busy database-based application. Any I/O subsystem (such as NAS) that relies on a cache for performance is simply pure trouble for busy databases -- DEC knew it in the 80s and EMC discovered it in the 90s. Now NetApp knows in the 00s (does that rhyme?)...
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 7:34 AM > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 03:19:21PM -0800, Tim Gorman wrote: > > A couple of anecdotes to consider: > > a.. Some folks from the "Oak Table" forum (www.oaktable.net) recently (last July) constructed a 10-node cluster of Linux laptops right on the conference floor at Oracle Open World in Copenhagen, Denmark. Information is available at http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20212349-0.html? tag=ats. So it can definitely be done on the cheap! > > > hmm...first time I've ever seen NetApp and cheap used together. What is > the real poor man's shared disk architecture? NFS? > =============================================================== > Ray Stell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Ray Stell > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tim Gorman 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).
