Dont forget that you get to see your family again..no more annoying tuning of
filesystems for performance.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Sterling Woodcock [mailto:sirbruce@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 12:01 PM
To: toasters(a)mathworks.com; Mike Kazar
Subject: Re: question about databases on NetApps
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Kazar <kazar(a)icubed.com>
To: <toasters(a)mathworks.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 11:22 AM
Subject: question about databases on NetApps
> Or are you just running one database host, and using the NetApp to manage
> the database host's disk space.
This is what most people do (I think).
> If so, what are the advantages you get
> from using the NetApp for disk space management instead of just using a
> local disk?
Well, the disk space is centrally managed, so you get your backup all in
one place. You also get RAID for reliability, and snapshots, and often
you get even better performance than you do with local disks (despite
theory which might suggest otherwise). And your database host is easy
to redesignate as needed; you don't have a directly attached disk array
that you need to migrate with it.
And of course, unique to the Netapp, adding additional disk space as
needed is a quick and painless.
Bruce