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Correct me if I'm wrong list, but one of the beauties of doing things
nfs is that multiple boxes can mount the same filesystem. In the setup
you describe you wouldn't need VxVM, just the cluster. Then if a box
fails the cluster software can move the file handles and away you go.
No need for VxVM to control the disks because it's already mounted on
the both boxes.

In fact, if you put a director in front of the 2 boxes you may not even
need the cluster software.

~JK

courier@telica.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as a
> DiskArray.
>
> Here is our goal:
>
> We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server will
> have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of DiskArray
> attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own volume.
>
> Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we tryning
> to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.
>
> Any help would appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> C-

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Jeff Kennedy
Unix Administrator
AMCC
jlkennedy@amcc.com

Hello,

Thank you alls.

Will push this ideas to the group.

Thanks again.

Vinh C-

> Correct me if I'm wrong list, but one of the beauties of doing things
> nfs is that multiple boxes can mount the same filesystem. In the setup
> you describe you wouldn't need VxVM, just the cluster. Then if a box
> fails the cluster software can move the file handles and away you go.
> No need for VxVM to control the disks because it's already mounted on
> the both boxes.
>
> In fact, if you put a director in front of the 2 boxes you may not even
> need the cluster software.
>
> ~JK
>
> courier@telica.com wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as
>> a DiskArray.
>>
>> Here is our goal:
>>
>> We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server
>> will have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of
>> DiskArray attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own
>> volume.
>>
>> Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we
>> tryning to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.
>>
>> Any help would appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> C-
>
> --
> =====================
> Jeff Kennedy
> Unix Administrator
> AMCC
> jlkennedy@amcc.com

Two choices

- mount your oracle database storage spaces via NFS. We're doing this
using Linux oracle servers via GigE. Its even a configuration
supported
by oracle.

- Look at the "fas" product line (fas940 & fas960). In NetApp's theme of
multi-protocol filers, the new "fas" line will add support for using
a filer to serve up raw disk chunks over fiber channel, SAN-style.

the 940 and 960 can be ordered now; not sure when the SAN attachment
features
will be available.

-skottie


courier@telica.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as a
> DiskArray.
>
> Here is our goal:
>
> We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server will
> have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of DiskArray
> attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own volume.
>
> Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we tryning
> to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.
>
> Any help would appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> C-
>
>
>


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work: skottie@dreamworks.com | Dreamworks Feature Animation
life: skottie@pobox.com

skottie -- exactly what is this fas940 and fas960? Is this a netapp product
that doesn't use
NFS? I see no mention of it on netapps site.

art


-----Original Message-----
From: Skottie Miller [mailto:skottie@anim.dreamworks.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:52 AM
To: courier@telica.com
Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re: Question on netapp disk arrays?



Two choices

- mount your oracle database storage spaces via NFS. We're doing this
using Linux oracle servers via GigE. Its even a configuration
supported
by oracle.

- Look at the "fas" product line (fas940 & fas960). In NetApp's theme of
multi-protocol filers, the new "fas" line will add support for using
a filer to serve up raw disk chunks over fiber channel, SAN-style.

the 940 and 960 can be ordered now; not sure when the SAN attachment
features
will be available.

-skottie


courier@telica.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as a
> DiskArray.
>
> Here is our goal:
>
> We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server will
> have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of DiskArray
> attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own volume.
>
> Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we tryning
> to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.
>
> Any help would appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> C-
>
>
>


--

Scott Miller | Animation Technology
work: skottie@dreamworks.com | Dreamworks Feature Animation
life: skottie@pobox.com

Art Hebert wrote:
>
> skottie -- exactly what is this fas940 and fas960? Is this a netapp product
> that doesn't use NFS? I see no mention of it on netapps site.

uh, pretend you didn't hear that. the 940 & 960 are the next
filer products. NetApp told me that they are a shipping product,
and they will give you quotes for 940 & 960 systems.

but it appears they haven't been fully announced yet ;-)

-skottie



>
> art
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skottie Miller [mailto:skottie@anim.dreamworks.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:52 AM
> To: courier@telica.com
> Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
> Subject: Re: Question on netapp disk arrays?
>
>
>
> Two choices
>
> - mount your oracle database storage spaces via NFS. We're doing this
> using Linux oracle servers via GigE. Its even a configuration
> supported
> by oracle.
>
> - Look at the "fas" product line (fas940 & fas960). In NetApp's theme of
> multi-protocol filers, the new "fas" line will add support for using
> a filer to serve up raw disk chunks over fiber channel, SAN-style.
>
> the 940 and 960 can be ordered now; not sure when the SAN attachment
> features
> will be available.
>
> -skottie
>
>
> courier@telica.com wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as a
>>DiskArray.
>>
>>Here is our goal:
>>
>>We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server will
>>have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of DiskArray
>>attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own volume.
>>
>>Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we tryning
>>to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.
>>
>>Any help would appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>C-
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


--

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work: skottie@dreamworks.com | Dreamworks Feature Animation
life: skottie@pobox.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Skottie Miller [mailto:skottie@anim.dreamworks.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:33 PM
To: Art Hebert
Cc: courier@telica.com; toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re: Question on netapp disk arrays?


Art Hebert wrote:
>
> skottie -- exactly what is this fas940 and fas960? Is this a netapp
> product that doesn't use NFS? I see no mention of it on netapps site.

uh, pretend you didn't hear that. the 940 & 960 are the next filer
products. NetApp told me that they are a shipping product, and they
will give you quotes for 940 & 960 systems.

but it appears they haven't been fully announced yet ;-)

-skottie



>
> art
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skottie Miller [mailto:skottie@anim.dreamworks.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:52 AM
> To: courier@telica.com
> Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
> Subject: Re: Question on netapp disk arrays?
>
>
>
> Two choices
>
> - mount your oracle database storage spaces via NFS. We're doing
this
> using Linux oracle servers via GigE. Its even a configuration
> supported
> by oracle.
>
> - Look at the "fas" product line (fas940 & fas960). In NetApp's
theme of
> multi-protocol filers, the new "fas" line will add support for
using
> a filer to serve up raw disk chunks over fiber channel,
> SAN-style.
>
> the 940 and 960 can be ordered now; not sure when the SAN attachment
> features
> will be available.
>
> -skottie
>
>
> courier@telica.com wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as
>>a DiskArray.
>>
>>Here is our goal:
>>
>>We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server
>>will have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of
>>DiskArray attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own
>>volume.
>>
>>Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we
>>tryning to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.
>>
>>Any help would appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>C-
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


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Scott Miller | Animation Technology
work: skottie@dreamworks.com | Dreamworks Feature Animation
life: skottie@pobox.com