You may want to check out Bill Burke's paper "Putting Oracle's OFA on Steriods" at
http:// www.oracleguru.com
Is Bill still on this list?
- Kirti
- "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com> wrote:
> Hey Tim,
>
> D'oh! The problem with e-mail is that it takes an hour to convey what would
> take 5 minutes in person... :)
>
> While I stand by my original e-mail, I do understand that OFA was designed
> to do exactly what the acronym says: be optimal and flexible. My problem
> with it is that I do not see OFA as optimal, at least not anymore. Perhaps
> it's just me, but I just don't understand the reasoning of the parts of OFA
> I had outlined now nor 14 years ago. Maybe it's because I had much more
> hair 13-14 years ago (more on my head, at least, with less in other places),
> and the combined human caused faults/accidents over those years has caused
> me to be much more strict in the way I'd like to see hardware and software
> set up. Or perhaps it's because I cut my teeth on VMS and haven't conformed
> to accepted Unix practice, nor do I see a need to if an alternative can be
> established as being subjectively "better" (re: "/unn" mountpoints).
>
> OK, enough of my babble. I would LOVE to see OFA updated! I won't hold my
> breath that any of my suggestions would be incorporated, but then again I'm
> just one person. I'll happily continue using a mostly-OFA setup. Except on
> VMS, which Oracle Corp does not conform to OFA at least thru v8.1.7. Then
> again, we have no more VMS... :(
>
> BTW, wasn't dangling from a clock tower Harold Lloyd's trademark? :)
>
> Thanks for listening to my whining,
> Rich
>
> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> rjesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Gorman [mailto:tim_at_sagelogix.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:09 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: what is BAARF? --- OFA
> >
> >
> > Rich,
> >
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