Organized By Topic

I was talking to someone who reads me on a semi-regular basis, and they asked for a "organized by topics" page to make navigation a bit easier. 

I hadn't realized that I've got over 100+ posts now, most of them short essays in their own right.

New topical page can be found here ...

Comments

[Yoseph]

Chuck:

(Sorry if this is a bit long)

I (We) are in the process of evaluating the possibility of using NAS storage for production (OLTP) Oracle databases (Currently on DMX-3/CX3-40). In a previous blog entry (I believe it was this one http://chucksblog.typepad.com/chucks_blog/2006/12/netapp_bad_mark.html)
you had stated:

"So, what does Oracle run their production systems on? The ones that keep their company running? Their email? The majority of their development environment? The gigantic Oracle Single Instance at the very heart of their company?

EMC."

Recently I read from your fellow EMC blogger:
(http://oraclestorageguy.typepad.com/oraclestorageguy/2007/08/oracle-backup-w.html)

that it may not be exactly as I have always believed when it comes to Oracle on NAS.
I know the choice of storage should mainly depend on the usage profile but the claims made in the two blog entries seem to be contradictory. Is there any definitive word on this ?

Thanks,

[Chuck Hollis]

Hi Yoseph:

Sorry for the lack of clarity.

My understanding is that, like most shops, Oracle IT prefers block mode access for their large, demanding instances.

But not everything in Oracle is large, demanding database instances. Development, for example. And that's where NAS is attractive from a flexibility perspective.

However, I am going to defer to our resident Oracle-on-NAS expert, Jeff Browning, over at http://oraclestorageguy.typepad.com.

Jeff?