Howdy Tru64 folks,
The pressure is on to make a change to Gigabit for our server backbone and I
hope you can share with me some of your collective expertise. I will gladly
summarize solutions.
Background information:
We have two AlphaServer4100 servers running Tru64 4.0g, one with an external
StorageWorks RAID Array 450 cabinet. Server1 (with the StorageWorks) is our
Oracle 8i dataserver, and Server2 is our Oracle 11i middle tier server
(listeners, forms/reports services, concurrent managers, web servers). Each
Alpha Server currently has two DE500-BA 10/100 NICs, one going to a 100MB
hub which is connected to our Firewall and then to the Internet Router. The
other NIC goes to our 100MB backbone 3com SuperStack II Switch 3000 along
with 4 other (Intel) servers (NT & Novell).
Questions:
We want to upgrade our server backbone to gigabit. What NICs, and switch
would you suggest might be cost effective? Can we get good performance with
copper wire?
Goals:
One goal is to improve communication speed between the two Alpha servers for
Oracle performance. A second goal is to reduce backup time as the TZ89 on
Server1 must backup some directories on Server2 over the LAN connection. (We
use Legato FYI).
Darryl Milczarek
EMS 602 258-8545
darryl.milczarek_at_emsusa.com
Darryl Milczarek
EMS 602 258-8545
darryl.milczarek_at_emsusa.com
Received on Wed Jan 10 2001 - 17:14:45 NZDT