Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:31:48 -0500 From: "Kristen Cameron" <cameronkgd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Terabytes on a SAN - need info In the next few months, I'm going to be asked to set up an Oracle database (probably 9i, maybe 10g) using a SAN for storage. The database will contain 4-8 terabytes of spatial data (orthorectified air photos, Landsat etc.). We don't use Oracle spatial, we use ESRI's ArcSDE. We have a smaller geodatabase (250 Gb) already in place. I don't know anything about the SAN hardware, but Oracle will reside on a Windows 2003 server. This may also be the database that finally convinces me to use RMAN! Because this is so new, it is difficult to assess future usage. I expect the number of users on our internal network to be in the 10-20 range. However, we will be offering this data for viewing over the Internet. I would guess we will have several hundred users, potentially thousands, but not likely tens of thousands. I know nothing about SANs, and can't seem to find a beginner's guide on the Internet. I've found lots of vendor information, but I need something a bit more introductory before I can make sense of that. If anyone can point me to information on setting up large Oracle databases on a SAN, I'd be grateful. If you have any experience with large spatial databases, contact me offline. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kristen Cameron Information Management Group Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3 (867)669-2536 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kristen, take a look at James Morle's "Sane SAN" paper as a start: http://www.miracleas.dk/events/DBF2001/Morle/Sane_SAN_WP.pdf Also, O'Reilly press has a book out called "Using SANs and NAS": http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sansnas/ Cheers, Slava Zayarny Oracle DBA SAS Institute Inc. 100 SAS Campus Drive, E309 Cary, NC 27513 slava.zayarny@xxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l