Oracle 10g RAC on IBM DS 3400 ?

Bruce

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Nov 10, 2009, 7:42:13 AM11/10/09

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Hi,

Is Oracle 10g RAC certified on IBM DS 3400 storage with RH Linux
and ASM for database files? I thought it was DS 4700 and onwards that
was certified for Oracle RAC?

Best Regards,
Bruce

Matthias Hoys

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Nov 11, 2009, 6:36:26 AM11/11/09

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"Bruce" <brucemc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Is there a list of SAN hardware that is supported for RAC? I couldn't find
it on MOS.
I would think, storage is storage, and it's the techonology that matters
(SAN, NAS, DAS).

Matthias

megalomaniacs4u

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Jan 4, 2010, 11:30:02 AM1/4/10

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I've been running 11g RAC on IBM DS 3400 with Centos 5 since june 2008
without issue.

joel garry

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Jan 4, 2010, 6:53:39 PM1/4/10

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How do you handle the "unsupported" issue? (I know what Centos 5 is,
just curious about the justification of it and if you have other
supported configurations. If my understanding of Oracle's support
position is correct, I don't agree with Oracle in this type of
config).

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hpuxrac

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Jan 4, 2010, 7:39:42 PM1/4/10

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On Jan 4, 6:53 pm, joel garry <joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:

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> > I've been running 11g RAC on IBM DS 3400 with Centos 5 since june 2008
> > without issue.
>
> How do you handle the "unsupported" issue? (I know what Centos 5 is,
> just curious about the justification of it and if you have other
> supported configurations. If my understanding of Oracle's support
> position is correct, I don't agree with Oracle in this type of
> config).

The "without issue" remark leaves open to interpretation how many
times ( if any ) he has used or needed to get any support from Oracle
related to this configuration.

I have pretty much given up using Oracle support except as a self
service depot. That's pretty close to the experience many of my local
DBA peers are reporting.

Sure you need a support contract to get patches etc. Does that mean
that you need a certified config? Probably not.

joel garry

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Jan 5, 2010, 12:25:45 PM1/5/10

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In the past I've taken the position this is like saying you probably
don't need insurance on your car (in other words, stupid big-time).
However, I'm open to new ideas in the new paradigm.

I admit, I have a sour view on how well people evaluate risk, even
people trained in such things.

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hpuxrac

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Jan 5, 2010, 1:50:57 PM1/5/10

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On Jan 5, 12:25 pm, joel garry <joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:

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> > Sure you need a support contract to get patches etc. Does that mean

> > that you need a certified config? Probably not.
>
> In the past I've taken the position this is like saying you probably
> don't need insurance on your car (in other words, stupid big-time).
> However, I'm open to new ideas in the new paradigm.
>
> I admit, I have a sour view on how well people evaluate risk, even
> people trained in such things.

Don't get me wrong I am putting out the "probably not" as a
possibility.

All my systems run on Oracle certified hardware ... EMC storage ...
etc.