SnapMirror
Oracle over NFS on NetApp storage – 3 – Primary configuration
In today’s article, we will look again bit into deployment of Oracle DB over NFS protocol on NetApp storage. This article is based on practical experience with deployment of SAP using Oracle (10g) as a back-end as well as on experience with Oracle DB deployments (10g & 11g). Most parts of this article are from a documentation I have created for my last customer, who has been implementing DR solution between two sites with third site for Backup and Recovery. This article is a part of Oracle over NFS on NetApp series, during entire series, we will introduce you to our approach towards projects and as example we chose to give you deep insight into Oracle deployment which we are using as a show-case. In todays episode, we will create aggregates, volumes, QTrees and vFiler.
Oracle over NFS on NetApp storage – 2 – Primary and DR site solution design
In today’s article, we will look again bit into deployment of Oracle DB over NFS protocol on NetApp storage. This article is based on practical experience with deployment of SAP using Oracle (10g) as a back-end as well as on experience with Oracle DB deployments (10g & 11g). Most parts of this article are from a documentation I have created for my last customer, who has been implementing DR solution between two sites with third site for Backup and Recovery. This article is a part of Oracle over NFS on NetApp series, during entire series, we will introduce you to our approach towards projects and as example we chose to give you deep insight into Oracle deployment which we are using as a show-case. In today’s second episode we will look into solution design, volume layout and how we hook it up to fit with our RPO and RTO described in article Oracle over NFS on NetApp storage – 1 – Analysis.
NetApp SnapMirror – Benefits and Limitations
NetApp SnapMirror is a data replication technology working over Fibre Channel or IP networks, it is streamlined solution for Disaster Recovery and Data Distribution. SnapMirrror offers cost-effective solution for data replication with efficient storage and network bandwidth utilization. There are three flavors of SnapMirror available from NetApp, Synchonous, Semi-Synchronous and Asynchronous. I will introduce all three flavors and explain differences between each flavor, pinpoint benefits and limitations of each flavor.