IDS 11.10.FC2, SDS, AIX and DS4800 SAN
Hi There, I'm taking a look at SDS to offload reporting from an OLTP server to another IDS server. Details on environment, hardware, etc are: * IDS 11.10.FC2 for both * AIX 5.3 TL8 SP1 for both * SAN DS4800 for both * OLTP host: p570 Power 5 * Reporting host: p650 Power 4. At the moment, each host has their own set of LUNs on our SAN. After reading up on SDS, shared disk(s) is the essential requirement for SDS. If my research is correct, IBM's GPFS (General Parallel File System) would be required, and installled on each host, for SDS to exist on the environment detailed above. Is this correct? Thanks in advance for your time, effort and expertise.
Three quick comments: -Yes SDS nodes required shared disks, RSS nodes do not required shared= disks. -A shared file system is required, but it is not limited to GPFS -If you upgrade to 11.50 all nodes can have write access enabled and committed read. John F. Miller III STSM, Support Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-578-5645 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) = "LAWRENCE = CHIASSON" = <lchiasson@autoeu = To rope.com> ids@iiug.org = Sent by: = cc ids-bounces@iiug. = org Subj= ect IDS 11.10.FC2, SDS, AIX and DS48= 00 SAN [14463] = 01/06/2009 11:28 = AM = = = Please respond to = ids@iiug.org = = = Hi There, I'm taking a look at SDS to offload reporting from an OLTP server to another IDS server. Details on environment, hardware, etc are: * IDS 11.10.FC2 for both * AIX 5.3 TL8 SP1 for both * SAN DS4800 for both * OLTP host: p570 Power 5 * Reporting host: p650 Power 4. At the moment, each host has their own set of LUNs on our SAN. After reading up on SDS, shared disk(s) is the essential requirement fo= r SDS. If my research is correct, IBM's GPFS (General Parallel File System) wo= uld be required, and installled on each host, for SDS to exist on the environm= ent detailed above. Is this correct? Thanks in advance for your time, effort and expertise. ***********************************************************************= ******** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. =
Yes, but you could also set up the secondary as an RSS server which would not require sharing the disks. Art On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM, LAWRENCE CHIASSON <lchiasson@autoeurope.com>wrote: > Hi There, > I'm taking a look at SDS to offload reporting from an OLTP server to > another > IDS server. > Details on environment, hardware, etc are: > * IDS 11.10.FC2 for both > * AIX 5.3 TL8 SP1 for both > * SAN DS4800 for both > * OLTP host: p570 Power 5 > * Reporting host: p650 Power 4. > > At the moment, each host has their own set of LUNs on our SAN. > > After reading up on SDS, shared disk(s) is the essential requirement for > SDS. > If my research is correct, IBM's GPFS (General Parallel File System) would > be > required, and installled on each host, for SDS to exist on the environment > detailed above. Is this correct? > > Thanks in advance for your time, effort and expertise. > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > -- Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.