Last I checked, Oracle does not provide OCFS for AIX, so if the client needs
a clustered file system, GPFS would be the way to go. Whether or not they
need it depends on what they want to do. You could install the Oracle
software on each node and use ASM for the database storage. However, if you
want a shared ORACLE_HOME or a shared non-ASM logging location, you'll need
the clustered file system.
On 12/10/07, Goulet, Dick <richard.goulet_at_capgemini.com> wrote:
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> Guys & Gals,
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> I've done Oracle RAC install on Linux before, but noiw I'm
> being asked to do so on AIX 5.3 and I seem to be getting mixed signals
> from Oracle. The client originally wants to install AIX 5.3 with GPFS,
> but now to save a buck has decided not to install GPFS, but to instead use
> OCFS. On the other hand the Oracle docs are telling me that a clustered
> file system is only needed for the Oracle binaries. So the question, do we
> need OCFS, or GPFS, or neither, or both?? Anyone really know??
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