Hi Ya'll,
This is probably one of those questions for which there's no true correct answer, but I'm interested in peoples opinion.
1) In setting up a NetApp, is it better to use one big/wide connection (say gigabit ethernet) as opposed to a bunch of narrow connections (say, 4 100mbps ethernet in a etherchannel). (Note that for this discussion I'm ignoring the redundancy in a etherchannel.)
2) On a Unix system that will be doing heavy NFS work to a NetApp, is it better to use separate mounts on separate but smaller ethernet connections (100mbps ethernet), or, run all mounts through one wide ethernet connection (gigabit ethernet)?
Specifically, I'm going to be setting up an Oracle DB on a NetApp. I'm looking at whether I would be better off using multiple 100mbps ethernets or one gigabit ethernet connection.
Thanks in advance for all opinions!!!!!!!!!
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