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On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 15:03 -0500, Benji Spencer wrote:
> Are you hoping to have failover paths to each disk? We have the EMC CX500
> with RHEL3, though we aren't running 10g as the db (we are playing with
> 9iR2 in a RAC configuration though). If you want failover for the paths,
> you will need (to pay for) EMC's PowerPath.
As i understand the QLogic driver supports failover (is that an option
with EMC ? or do people default to powerpath). I would get PowerPath to
accomplish loadbalancing though.
On the HP side you have to buy Veritas Foundation Suite to accomplish
load balancing as far as i understand. The driver native failover is
what is suggested by HP.
> What are you planning to keep
> on the SAN? Everything (boot off of it and OS install) or just the RACed
> DB? There are some issues with booting LX off of the EMC array.
The plan is to boot the systems locally and only host the DB on the SAN.
Thanks,
Tobias
>
> benji
>
>
> At 02:38 PM 6/27/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi guys,
> >
> >We are currently evaluating the implementation of a SAN to work in
> >conjunction with an Oracle 10gR2 RAC. The host OS will be RHES 3 or 4.
> >The hba's of choice are going to be QLogic cards.
> >
> >The SAN products we have narrowed our choice down to are the HP EVA-6000
> >and the EMC Cx500.
> >
> >This will be our first SAN, thus I do not have any working experience
> >with either system.
> >
> >If you have worked with either of these (EVA-6000 is pretty new,
> >EVA-3000 or 5000 exp should do) I would appreciate your feedback.
> >
> >My main criteria are in order of importance:
> >
> >1. Management
> >2. Scalability
> >3. Support
> >4. Performance
> >
> >If you think that order is odd, i can elaborate on that in a followup
> >email.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >--
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> >Tobias Speckbacher
> >Manager, IT Operations
> >Quova, Inc.
> >p: 650-528-3704
> >e: tspeckbacher@(protected)
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> >
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