Re: Sun Servers
- From: Ronan Merrick <merrickronan1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Mark Burgess <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 06:22:13 +0100
Thanks Mark.
That sounds pretty cool.
One of the big selling points I got from Oracle was the ability to
partition machines.
Ronan
On 9 Jul 2014 00:07, "Mark Burgess" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ronan,
>
> we have deployed a couple of X4-2L for a customer - environment is
> 11.2.0.4 on Solaris 11.1 x86_64. I have been very impressed with what the
> Solaris 11.1/Zones/ZFS combination provides. We have the database servers
> on the X4-2L mounting a ZFS storage server over dNFS via a 10G and 1G
> combiation. The X4-2L have been provisioned with 4xF80 flash cards in them
> as well that have allowed us to allocate specific flash devices to
> different zones as required. It is a very powerful and flexible platform to
> deploy databases and application servers on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 9 Jul 2014, at 8:19 am, Ronan Merrick <merrickronan1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks for replying Jack.
>
> Pretty much the same move I am looking at - Dell/Red Hat to Sun/OEL.
>
> They will be standalone servers though not ODA's.
>
> Ronan
> On 8 Jul 2014 23:11, "Jack Applewhite" <jack.applewhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> We've moved all our 20+ databases from RedHat Linux Dell servers to two
>> new X4-2 ODAs - Oracle Linux on Sun servers. We're happy so far. The ODA
>> environment is a lot more restrictive than just a standalone server.
>> However, it is simpler.
>> ----
>> Jack C. Applewhite - Database Administrator
>> Austin I.S.D. - MIS Department
>> 512.414.9250 (wk)
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
>> behalf of Ronan Merrick <merrickronan1@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 8, 2014 4:19 PM
>> *To:* Andrew Kerber
>> *Cc:* Matthew Zito; oracle-l
>> *Subject:* Re: Sun Servers
>>
>> Thanks Andrew.
>>
>> I'll keep that in mind.
>>
>> Factory install of Oracle Linux is an option. I did all my OCP
>> practicing and testing on Oracle Linux and I liked it.
>>
>> Ronan
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, then I have no opinion on that particular line. My irritations stem
>>> from the Sun OS.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Matthew Zito <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Note that the X4-2 server *is* an Intel server, it's not one of the
>>>> SPARC line of processors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am really not fond of Sun servers. In my experience they are less
>>>>> powerful then similarly priced intel servers, plus they have their own set
>>>>> of foibles that are irritating.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew W. Kerber
>>>
>>> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
>>>
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