[CentOS] Expandable network storage

Mon Dec 17 11:38:31 UTC 2007
Nicolas Sahlqvist <nicco77 at gmail.com>

Hi Thomas,

On Dec 17, 2007 10:56 AM, Bleier Thomas <Thomas.Bleier at arcs.ac.at> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently thinking about similar configurations, and (also for cost
> reasons :-) am also thinking about GNBD with two standard servers as a
> "poor man" redundant storage - but I'm wondering if that gives enough
> performance for running databases (in my case Oracle) on top of it. The
> configuration I'm thinking about would be two current Dell servers with
> hardware RAID 10 and connected by a dedicated 1 GBit crossover-cable,
> running both the cluster software and Oracle.


It depends on the number of queries and how they use the indexes, this will
generate the I/O that may or may not be too much for a poor man's solution.


> Does anyone use this in "real-World" scenarios and has some practical
> experience with it?
>

I'm afraid I don't have a practical experience.


- Nicolas
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