MC ServiceGuard, Oracle 9i RAC and ESS800

[robert_86]

Hi All,

I am trying to determine if a 2 node rp7420 MC/Service Guard, Oracle 9i RAC Cluster with an IBM ESS (Shark) Storage Array is a supported configuration?

Ussually the storage interoperability support sits with the storage vendor and the IBM Interoperability Support matrix does show support for ServiceGuard, but it does not make mention of the MC/Service Guard Extension or Oracle 9i RAC.

Is anyone running this configuration? Or know if anyone has tested this configuration? Any Gotcha's would be great.

thanks,
Rob

[Carsten Krege]

SGeRAC is now only an add-on product which is installed on top of SG. Therefore any storage supported with SG is also supported with SGeRAC. Even for previous versions where SG and SG OPS Edition where two separate products, they supported the same storage hardware.

You might be interested in
http://www.hp.com/products1/serverconnectivity/mass_storage_devices.html

Please also note the last sentence on this page: "The local HP representatives must request and be granted an "Allowance" for any configurations using third-party storage devices. HP reps can find details on the "Allowance" process on the internal HP website"

Carsten

[robert_86]

Thanks for the input. The ess800 is supported with the rp7410 and brocade. Hopefully, they will support the rp7420 and McData.

[Ted Buis]

IBM may support this but not HP. If the ESS800 can handle the cluster lock disk, then it probably will work.