Re: SAN evaluation
- From: "Andrew Kerber" <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tom.Terrian.ctr@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:06:11 -0500
I am sure you already thought about MTBF, but you didnt mention it.
Make sure the storage supports asynch IO and direct io.
Dont forget to ask about both access time and transfer speed.
One company I worked at did this exercise and came out with HDS as the
winner. They seem to have been a decent choice.
I can give you further input about the process off line if you would like.
I dont really want to mention brands and drawbacks in a public forum.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Terrian, Thomas J Mr CTR DLA J6DIB <
Tom.Terrian.ctr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> We have just begun the process of evaluating a new SAN vendor. We are
> presently developing a list of criteria/requirements/questions for the
> new vendor. So far we have come up with the following:
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> 1. What is their I/O speed.
> 2. What kind of SAN replication options do they offer.
> 3. Presently we are using RAID 5. I would like to move to RAID 0+1.
> What do they recommend?
> 4. Does their product have any Oracle related features. For example, I
> know that HP has a SAN developed specifically for an Oracle warehouse.
> Does their product have any bells and whistles for RAC, Streams, etc.
>
> Has anyone gone through a similar exercise where they had to evaluate a
> SAN vendor? If so, could you share your thoughts with the list?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
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