RE: Linux OCFS/OCFS2 alternatives for RAC shared storage systems?

From: Walker, Jed S <Jed_Walker_at_cable.comcast.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:30:55 +0000
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I've been using ACFS. Very simple and available even if the db is down (not if ASM is down). it has been very good (especially with 8 nodes)

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Zito Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1:31 PM To: Christopher.Taylor2_at_parallon.net
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Subject: Re: Linux OCFS/OCFS2 alternatives for RAC shared storage systems?

I know a couple of our customers that are heavy users of ACFS. One shop still uses the old Veritas clustered file system product, though I suspect the longevity of that product to be in question. Matt

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:56 PM, <Christopher.Taylor2_at_parallon.net> wrote:

> I'm curious if anyone uses anything other than OCFS/OCFS2 filesystems
> for their RAC shared storage areas?
> It seems that OCFS (our version anyway) is not extendable unless you
> take it offline. A key point for me would be a clustered filesystem
> that is dynamically growable as needed.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
>
> Chris Taylor
> Oracle DBA
> Parallon IT&S
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