Tim - Can you elaborate on those reasons? Our administrators feel DAS is usually much cheaper, and they are not convinced the SAN performance is there.
Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 7:34 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Can you share some of the reasons related to your decision in choosing a direct-attach storage (DAS) instead of a SAN? In general, a SAN is a much smarter choice than DAS. ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:33 AM list, one of our clietns are going to by SAN, the current oracle databases take around 36GB of storage.... i dnt understand there reason to go for SAN, i sugguested to buy an external storage box instead. How can i justify my desicion ? (cost of not the factor) TIA rahul -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS 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).
