Correct me if I'm wrong list, but one of the beauties of doing things nfs is that multiple boxes can mount the same filesystem. In the setup you describe you wouldn't need VxVM, just the cluster. Then if a box fails the cluster software can move the file handles and away you go. No need for VxVM to control the disks because it's already mounted on the both boxes.

In fact, if you put a director in front of the 2 boxes you may not even need the cluster software.

~JK

courier@telica.com wrote:

Hello,

I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as a DiskArray.

Here is our goal:

We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server will have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of DiskArray attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own volume.

Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we tryning to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.

Any help would appreciated.

Thanks,

C-

Two choices

- mount your oracle database storage spaces via NFS. We're doing this using Linux oracle servers via GigE. Its even a configuration supported by oracle.

- Look at the "fas" product line (fas940 & fas960). In NetApp's theme of multi-protocol filers, the new "fas" line will add support for using a filer to serve up raw disk chunks over fiber channel, SAN-style.

the 940 and 960 can be ordered now; not sure when the SAN attachment features will be available.

-skottie

courier@telica.com wrote:

Hello,

I would like to know can netapp filer attach to our Solaris server as a DiskArray.

Here is our goal:

We have to Solaris servers will run Oracle database. These two server will have Veritas Server Clustering and also will need a set of DiskArray attach to them. Veritas will control these disk as it own volume.

Thus I would like to know can Netapp filer get involve on what we tryning to do? Or I just have to but DiskArray from Sun.

Any help would appreciated.

Thanks,

C-