What I'm trying to figure out is where is the best place for Oracle instance to be located. On the Server or on the NetApp? And if the NetApp is the best place how does one set that up?
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What is the best way to configure a Dell PowerEdge 2800 and a Network Appliance FAS270 for a Oracle 10g database
Would like to hear from the Experts which is the best way to configure a Dell PowerEdge 2800 and a Network Appliance FAS270 for Oracle 10g database that could end up very large. The current plan is to use iSCSI to connect the two.
The PowerEdge 2800 currently is running Win Server 2003 and the only licenses that we have for the NetApp FAS270 are iSCSI and NFS. Thank you very much in advance!
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Some whitepapers:
http://www.netapp.com/us/l
I've already been reading article after article on the pros of this and the cons of that and that's what led me here.
I was really hoping to find an "expert" who has hands on experience on the subject that could easily answer this question. (i.e. something along the lines of, install the oracle instance on the Server and set up ASM to store the data on the NetApp) This is pretty much what kind of answer I'm looking for only from someone who has hands on experience with doing this.
Thanks for the answers so far though.
To be honest with you I don't think there is a more appropriate place for this question. It is listed in Computer Servers, Oracle Database, Storage Technology - which is exactly what it involves.
Also, it's only been on here for a few hours so I'll wait a while to see if anyone responds.
Thanks for the suggestion though
The best way to do this is by installing Linux and using NFS as the storage protocol. This is very fast and very reliable.
In this case it's recommended to put both database files and Oracle binaries on the NFS volume on the Netapp. This has two advantages: during an upgrade, you can easily snapshot the entire database (data+binaries) and roll it back should an upgrade go wrong. It also allows you to mount the volume on another server if your server breaks down and have the database up and running very quickly (Disaster recovery).
Using NFS is a very flexible and easy way to manage your storage, no need to use ASM unless you're in a very big and complex environment.
Using Windows, you're limited to iSCSI, which is less efficient in an Oracle environment. You should certainly put all instance data on the Netapp, but i doubt it makes as much sense to put the Oracle binaries onto the Netapp as it does using NFS. But it wouldn't hurt either. Consider purchasing NetApp snapdrive & snapmanager for Oracle to manage Oracle/Netapp storage & backups.
Thank you very much for the detailed response. This is definetely the type of answer I was looking for.
Just another quick questions though.... How do you put the Oracle Binaries on the NFS volume??
Is it a matter of installing Oracle on the Server then moving the files to the NetApp, or can I just direct the binaries to the NetApp during the installation process?
Thanks again!
>How do you put the Oracle Binaries on the NFS volume??
During installation you need to choose to install the binaries on an nfs mounted volume. Exact details can be found in the whitepapers on the netapp website.
>Also, can you recommend any specific version of Linux?
You can use any major Linux distro, but Oracle distributes it's own Linux version that is optimized for the best results.
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by: devinnoelPosted on 2009-01-08 at 11:33:26ID: 23329094
The iSCSI protocol is going to have less overhead and faster performance than NFS.