> The case for Fibre is getting less and less compelling all the time. The > last holdout was those who are serious about block-based storage access > (which is understandable), and iSCSI has effectively filled that gap. Fibre > isn't going away anytime soon, but whenever it does, its not soon enough for > me. > > Hrrrmm....the on-topic-ness of this has strayed far from Oracle. My > apologies.
It has been a very interesting topic, though. Tanel. > > Thanks, > Matt > > -- > Matthew Zito > GridApp Systems > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cell: 646-220-3551 > Phone: 212-358-8211 x 359 > http://www.gridapp.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Goulet, Dick > > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:50 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Subject: RE: Re: max parallel query > > > > > > Matt, > > > > Question: What else do you have running on your Fiber > > Channel? Answer: Nothing > > Question: What do you have running on your TCP/IP > > network? Answer: Everything. > > > > For this one can see that a SAN's fiber channel is > > dedicated to handling data from one server to it's storage. > > Sure you can attach part of your SAN to the network to act as > > a NAS file system, but the SAN switch handles that separately > > from the servers so that one does not get in the way of the > > other. Therefore when some lummox decides to download that > > 1GB MPG file from the internet, his traffic does not get in > > the way of your database working with it's files. "Divide & > > Conquer" still has it's place. > > > > Dick Goulet > > Senior Oracle DBA > > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Matthew Zito > 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.net -- Author: Tanel Poder 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).
