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Re: Simple Hardware solution for RAC testing

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:16:14 -0800
Message-ID: <1135271757.612670@jetspin.drizzle.com>


hpuxrac wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>

>>sagyvolkov_at_gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Yes, but not oracle needs to see the device from both servers, that is
>>>my concern.
>>>One server will know "see" the disk array for sure, i just don't know
>>>if the other server will be able to "see" and use the disk array, like
>>>a normal cluster.
>>
>>NFS mount it and you should be Ok.

>
>
> Mr. Morgan is way off target here.
>
> Shared storage is storage that can be seen simultaneously and accessed
> simultaneously from both systems.
>
> Let's see if we share it out via NFS from one system and have it
> mounted on the other ... the the primary system supplying it fails ...
> not a workable system.

Correct. I built a system doing this with a third machine but it was not a similar system. I think the reference to dizwell, FireWire drives, is likely the only one that will work for the OP.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Thu Dec 22 2005 - 11:16:14 CST

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