Re: Dell-Oracle-Linux: Anyone else run this...because its not working for us!

  • From: Glenn Stauffer <alaxsxaq@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cmarquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:29:26 -0500

We run Dell 2650's with Redhat Linux for our OAS systems. These boxes work
very well for commodity boxes but the storage systems are fairly basic with
internal drives in a mirrored configuration. We've had many problems with
two Dell SANs that we use for non-Oracle applications (email; central file
storage). Dell has been quick to get in to replace failed hardware, but
we've had problems with the automated support stuff not working and Dell has
been just plain terrible helping troubleshoot performance problems with one
of our SANs. I'm about to buy new database servers with shared storage and
Dell doesn't make the cut. You will pay (a little/lots) more for HP, IBM, or
Sun hardware, but Dell's hardware and support doesn't compete as far as I'm
concerned.

--Glenn

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