Re[2]: Oracle and NAS storage systems

2002-07-15 Thread Robert Eskridge
Hmmn, mutation in digital storage. Maybe that's why programs seem to have a shelf life? O> So if you have a very busy varchar2(1) column and a 16K db_block_size, a 16K O> block is written even if only one character in the block has changed? Seems O> like hotspots, er, hot blocks could do a "mul

Re[2]: Oracle and NAS storage systems

2002-07-15 Thread dgoulet
Jared, That is what I believe, but of course the NetApp folks keep telling the powers that be (PTB) that they can handle it & be cheaper in the long run. The EMC folks on the other hand are telling me that it's risky due to the problems you encountered with filers plus the network delay to g