multipathing, AMSLIB and HBA

  • From: "oracle sos" <sosoracle@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:21:24 -0400

Hi,


I am kind of confusing with the usage, functionalities and terminologies of multipathing, ASMLIB and HBA in RAC env.



I saw a note in Matalink of "Note, that Oracle Corporation does not certify
ASM against these multipathing utilities." Why do people still choose
multipathing (like EMC PowerPath, or IBM SDD) in RAC? What are the benefits
that ASMLIB can't provide? Does ASMLIB provide same functions as
multipathing? How many minimums HBA per server in EAC env are suitable?



Thanks for the advice.

Cindy

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