Tim, RAC/SFOR/HACMP/VCS etc are for high availability. Not disaster recovery. As such, it's for the type of "disasters" that involve losing 1 server. Anything else you would need a DR setup to handle. Finn On 10/29/07, Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well......out of all the possible (and probable) range of faults and > failures, exactly what types of "disasters" does clustering such as RAC or > SFOR protect against? > > > > ken_nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >It has to be a very selective disaster for clustering (i.e. RAC, HACMP, > etc) to provide much protection. > > Tim- > > Sorry, I don't understand what that means. > > Ken > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> <tim@xxxxxxxxx> > It has to be a very selective disaster for clustering (i.e. RAC, HACMP, > etc) to provide much protection. > > > ken_nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Dan, thanks for the feedback. > > We're trying to protect more than just the Oracle DB. While CRS and > Dataguard work well to provide HA, it doesn't take into account the Siebel, > IIS, etc installs that form the entire application stack. > > With this solution, we're hoping to lower the TCO in the event of a > disaster. > > Ken > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I have used the SFOR previously, but not on the current versions and not > with 10g DB. I had no problems with the SFOR software. > > If I were implementing a cluster today with 10g, I wouldn't use any > non-Oracle clusterware. Instead, I'd just use Oracle Clusterware as it > provides all the HA you'll need for the DB. Maybe you have other reasons for > using SFOR...I hope you do because I couldn't justify the investment given > the current architecture. > > Others have posted similarly on this list and in OTN forums as well. > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ken Nguyen <ken_nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxx> <ken_nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 4:46:05 AM > Subject: Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC > > We¢re looking to implement Symantec Storage Foundation HA for Oracle RAC > to offer HA for our Oracle 10g RAC on RHEL. > > > > Oracle has fully certified most of the components within this Symantec > solution, except for the automatic failover piece (GCO). > > This component is certified on all platforms except for Red Hat, could > have something to do with Oracle¢s OEL initiative. > > > > Is anyone using this or any other Symantec SF products without any issues? > > > > Ken > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l