Hi there.
I've been asked to look at whether NetApp is a potential candidate for hosting some Oracle databases, but one thing I don't see is how to get sufficient sustained data rates between the Oracle server and the filer.
We use 10 Base-T Ethernet and FDDI right now, 100 Base-TX Ethernet is coming onstream at present.
Even connecting a filer direct to a server on private 100 Base-TX only gives 10 MBytes/sec, lots slower than Ultra-SCSI.
If I'm going to use NetApp to host Oracle Databases I probably want more than one database server connected to a filer.
I can only have one Gigabit Ethernet card per F630.
So right now, I can't see a way to support more than one Oracle server from a single NetApp.
Yours comments much appreciated as always.
Cheers, Mike Thomson