RE: polyserve and oracle 10g

From: Marquez, Chris <cmarquez_at_collegeboard.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:02:57 -0400
Message-ID: <B30C2483766F9342B6AEF108833CC84E0450BBF9@ecogenemld50.Org.Collegeboard.local>

Haroon,

I have used OCFS.
It is little slow, and took a lot of probably unfair abuse ( from me) when really many of our issues *might* be hardware related. Still OCFS is not the best, but worth the price we paid for it. I *think* and believe that Polyserve is the best and clear leader in the Oracle-RAC-Linux space. I would love to have tried it and talk to some (on this list) who have.

Below are some of my personal notes and comment during our initial RAC config/test and links...not much here. 1.) I personally would not use/trust the RH or VERITAS option, only because they seem new...and I don't like *new* with RAC! 2.) email Polyserve directly...trust me...the know if they are certified with Oracle or not...open a TAR too...do both and you eventually get a final answer?

hth

PS All my stuff is 9i...never used RAC and 10g.

Chris Marquez
Oracle DBA

Global Cluster Filesystem-GFS, Cluster Filesystem-CF;

>>Wouldn't looking at another alternative of OCFS meaning products like Redhat Global Filesystem
Yes, and RAW is an alternative.
Other Global Cluster Filesystem-GFS, Cluster Filesystem-CF;

Polyserve; http://www.polyserve.com/sol_linux_9irac.html
Red Hat; http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/
VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle; http://www.veritas.com/Products/www?c=product&refId=145

RAW is;

* Has not additional cost to us.
* Is support by Oracle and for many, many years the only options for OPS/RAC.
* Been used by Oracle OPS/RAC for 7+ years.
* Administratively more challenging...you have to be diligent in space administration when using RAW...not for the lazy!

Global Cluster Filesystem-GFS, Cluster Filesystem-CF is;

* (Other than OCFS) An additional expenses.
* (Other than OCFS) something we/I have no experiences with.
* "Might" not support by Oracle (this is critical).

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org on behalf of Haroon A. Qureshi Sent: Sun 6/5/2005 4:43 AM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: polyserve and oracle 10g

greetings,

a client is planning on implementing 10g RAC and is looking into hardware and filesystems to use for the implementation. they have settled on linux on ibm servers and are still deciding which cluster file system to use. polyserve is an option, as well as OCFS.

i've seen some references that oracle does not certify oracle products running on polyserve and that the support for "unbreakable linux" is therefore not provided. i believe this is because polyserve requires a custom kernel to run.

does any one have any experience using polyserve with 10g or 9i RAC? is any one familiar with the hardware and kernel requirements to run polyserve? any notes, white papers, advice will be helpful.

thanks in advance,
haroon

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