Re: RAC/CRS and OCFS2

Keith wrote:
> Hello RAC gurus,
>
> I am currently running 10.2.0.3 RAC/CRS on RHEL4. All our database
> files are using ASM/raw devices. However, we now have the need for a
> clustered file system. This file system likely would not be used
> directly by the database, but requires high availability. So, we'd
> like to use OCFS2 -- which has prompted some questions:

I'm confused by your question ... OCFS is a file system. What does a file system not being used by the database have to do with highly available anything?

Are you expecting your file system to load balance? To have failover? I'm at a bit of a loss here to understand your intention.

About the only thing I can say is that I share hpuxrac's concern about your lack of testing and a file system not be used for Oracle has nothing to do with the CRS.

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