Unfortunately, I don't think they can run AIX on Intel Xeon64 CPUs. And the AIX license will cost more than buying SAN and sending the NAS in the garbage can. That's why I was wondering for Linux :) Anyway, now they know that they have to ask first, then buy. Just someone's head will roll out of the office. Regards, Yavor On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:02:38 +0300, Mladen Gogala <gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 07/26/2006 08:25:07 AM, Nuno Souto wrote: >> Yavor Ivanov wrote,on my timestamp of 26/07/2006 10:09 PM: > >> I don't think NAS is supported for RAC on Linux. However, I'll stand >> corrected if anyone knows different. As well, it might help if you give >> us a hint on which versions of Oracle and Linux the customer is >> planning to run? Or is that pre-determined already by >> "oh-so-knowledgeable" IBM? > > > Noons, RAC is supported on Linux with some NAS products, NetApp in particular. > NetApp is actively selling configurations for RAC and Oracle does support > them. > I was a part of an effort to buy a new RAC last year and the company had an > offer from NetApp. Eventually, SUN was selected as a vendor of choice, but I > checked with Oracle and RAC on 9.2 is supported with NetApp filer. As for IBM, > I must say that, when it comes to stability, AIX beats anything Linux can > offer > hands down. IBM used to stand for "Infernal Bloody Monopoly" but they've > changed. > Nowadays, infernal bloody monopoly is in Redmond, WA. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l