As an Oracle DBA , I have no problems putting my Databases on SANs [yes, we have seperate SANs, from different vendors].
However, I find that Storage and Unix Admin skill requirements for a SAN seem to be higher. When Clustered servers access the SAN, it seems to be even more difficult to get an additional mount point made available to the DBA.
Hemant At 10:59 AM 25-09-03 -0800, you wrote:
Fellow Listers,
If you don't deal with Oracle databases on SAN/NAS environments, this posting may not interest you. If so, my apologies, please delete this. Otherwise, please read on.
In an effort to better understand what issues you face when deploying an Oracle database in a SAN/NAS environment, I am writing to you to get some "real life" feedback. Although I have a fair idea, where some of the pain lies, it would be much more valuable if you could tell me. Kind of like "From the horse's mouth..."...;-) And I truly meant that as a compliment...:-)
My goal is to fully understand where the "real pain" lies, so that appropriate solutions can be built to alleviate or even eliminate the pain. You can be as broad or narrow in your responses using the following topics as guidelines:
* Initial SAN/NAS Configuration for Database Creation and Application Deployment * Ongoing Storage Volume Management in a SAN/NAS * Ongoing Storage Administration (Growth, Resizing) * Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting * Things that require automation * Anything else you think is important that I have missed
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Best regards,
Gaja
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