Re: database driven website using SAN

Check out James Morle's Sane SAN paper at www.oaktable.net My observations. SAN adds complexity to the storage layer switches, caches, volume managers etc and it also abstracts physical storage (often completely) from the DBA, my SYSADMIN is suggesting that in future instead of specifying disks we should just ask for xGB storage. This is an unresolved debate. When you add complexity at least initially you increase rather than decrease the likelihood of failure (multiple redundancy and smart software notwithstanding) -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK "ssp2000" <ssp2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:78a9f1a5.0309292036.3c7df01f@posting.google.com... > We want to develop database driven website. because of enormous amount > of data (300GB) > customers's tech advisor is insisting on using SAN instead of direct > attached storage method. > I want to know what issues need to be considered while using SAN in > web solutions.? Which database > server/ product is best suited for such kind of job ? Can anyone > suggests > good informative articles on this subject , available on web. > > > Thanks in advance > ssp2000