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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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