Cnetics Delivers Oracle 10g RAC on HP to an international technology manufacturing company in 30 Minutes

Cnetics Technologies successfully delivered a fully functional Test tRACk configuration to an international technology manufacturing company's midwest facility. Prior to shipment, Cnetics completely configured the Test tRACk to their specifications, including the addition of HP-UX, then securely packaged and shipped the portable unit via a commercial shipping company. Cnetics engineers traveled to to their facility, rolled the system from their shipping and receiving dock to the data center and powered it up. Once all components had power and the network wiring was configured, Cnetics had an Oracle 10g three node Real Application Cluster database prompt available to their technical staff within 30 minutes.

This portable Test tRACk, dubbed “Daytona” was originally booted into the HP-UX operating system. The clustered database servers were also successfully booted into Linux and deployed as well. The company's IT staff loaded their application data into the Test tRACk system within hours of system startup and were experimenting with Oracle 10g features right away.

Cnetics staff provided training, mentoring, and in depth support documentation to help the their personnel get up to speed quickly on the newly deployed RAC system. A system administrator for the manufacturing company said that this on-site training was one of the most valuable parts of the delivery experience.

The customer prototyped the Oracle 10g RAC on HP Itanium-based computers and HP MSA storage for several months. When asked why they chose Test tRACk for their Oracle 10g RAC evaluation, the system administrator stated, “It was the only available unit for testing 10g without having to buy the system components. We had seen other ways to test 10g at a remote site, but they did not allow for network problems to be simulated or for testing the SAN. We really liked the fact that we can run all the tests we want in-house.” A database administrator added, “There is a lot of uncertainty about how a real system would function. This hands-on approach allows us to experiment with Real Application Clusters right away.”

During the prototype period, Cnetics provided ongoing support remotely and on-site as requested. At the conclusion of the prototype, Cnetics had the unit shipped from their midwest facility back to Atlanta for use by another customer.