Re[2]: Network Appliance Options

2001-09-25 Thread Robert Eskridge
That's why you use multiple connections (switched or direct with crossover cables) and balance them. That way you change your mount points to isolate certain types of traffic or limit saturation. We have 3 mount points for a NetApp, each on a different 100BaseT named like /mnt_n1e0, /mnt_n1e1,

Re: Network Appliance Options

2001-09-25 Thread satar naghshineh
Hi Kathy, I attended a meeting with NetApp's Database Marketing Manager 2 to 3 years ago. I discussed with him on how the technology of the NetApp filer works with Oracle database environments and why he feels that NetApp is a solution for Oracle databases. The meeting was a result of me not

Network Appliance Options

2001-09-24 Thread Kathy Duret
Has anyone used Network Appliance? Any options good/bad appreciated as it applies to Unix (Solaris and HP) and Oracle 8.1.6 and above. Going to a dog and pony show by them tomorrow. Kathy Confidential This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are the property of Belkin Components

RE: Network Appliance Options

2001-09-24 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Kathy - We have used them for supplemental storage on our test/development system (Compaq Tru64, Oracle 8.1.6). The limitation seems to be the NFS connection is slower than your conventional or real disks. For some tasks this isn't a problem, but it is easy to start several large tasks that

Re: Network Appliance Options

2001-09-24 Thread George Schlossnagle
From what I've read on the sun-managers list, Oracle on Netapp is just a dog (no pony for you!). George - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 6:07 PM Has anyone used Network Appliance? Any options good/bad

Re: Network Appliance Options

2001-09-24 Thread Robert Eskridge
Kathy, Monday, September 24, 2001, 5:07:28 PM, you wrote: K Has anyone used Network Appliance? K Any options good/bad appreciated as it applies to Unix (Solaris and K HP) and Oracle 8.1.6 and above. K Going to a dog and pony show by them tomorrow. Our databases are running on NetApp 720's