[rescue] somewhat OT: secondary market storage?

[Kurt Huhn]

> so, i'm looking at replacing my emc 8730 with something a little smaller
> and more modular.  i only need one terabyte to start with and have it
> play happily on the san so i can just plop more down as needed.
> basically for every one customer i'd need one terabyte or so.
> 
> oracle will live here.  anyone have much luck with the t3 arrays?  I'm
> adverse to them for db's since they're raid5, but if the performance is
> good...  in the past i remember reading things about the clariion kit
> that made me dislike them, anyone have an argument for them?
> 

We run our Oracle database off of a Netapp F820, Oracle is on a Solaris
server - the only supported method for oracle/netapp integration AFAIK.

Our Netapp currently has 750GB useable space, but scales to several
times that wihout any problems...

It was cheap too - as far as NAS stuff goes.

Kurt