Re: 9i RAC with EMC storage

Do you (or anyone) know whether EMC has CFS (clustered file system)?

GreyBeard wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:16:59 -0800, Daud wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have never setup RAC before but may have to do it later. It will
> > probably be a 2-node RAC on 2 HP boxes (11i) with storage coming
from
> > EMC. My questions are:
> >
> > 1 - is the oracle installation much different (and harder) in RAC
> > environment?
>
> Think of it this way:
>
> A) Installation of Oracle9i RAC
>
> In a RAC-compatible environment is a breeze. No problem. Easy as pie.

> Virtually no difference between a single instance and RAC install.
>
> B) Getting a RAC-compatible environment
>
> This is such a ruddy pain that you are encouraged to take a course
around
> that. The catch is that even driver-versions can cause an
environment to
> fall out of favor.
>
> Unfortunately most of Oracle's relevant courses assume that you have
a
> RAC-compatible environment. One workshop that does give some feeling
> around this is available at http://www.psoug.org
>
> > 2 - as for the filesystem, do I need to use RAW device? Can I not
> > configure a normal filesystem?
> > Any help/tips/pointers are appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Doubtful. Not many 'normal' file systems allow several computers to
> write concurrently to them without choking.
>
> You don't ned RAW. But you do need something compatible with your OS
that
> will permit clustered concurrent access.
>
> >
> > Daud
>
> lol/FGB
Received on Mon Jan 03 2005 - 21:44:13 CST