Re: OFA - Optimal Flexible Architecture

J L Joslin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:44:08 -0400, Tim Bower
> <jtbower_at_santeecooper.com> wrote:
>
> >Danny Roosens wrote:
> >>
> >> In an article in ORACLE-MAGAZINE which I found yesrterday, I raed
> >>
> >> 'In 1991, ORACLE introduced the Optimal flexible Architecture (OFA) a low-maintenance method for configuring
> >> high performance, growing ORACLE databases'
> >>
> >> An intersting article, about e.G. how you should name your tablespaves, and many other stuff.
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone knows about an update of these articles (since OFA dates from 1991 !) or more similar stuff like this
> >> concerning ORACLE database maintenace and design.
> >
> >It seems that Oracle corp. is actually *enforcing* the OFA starting
> >w/ v7.3. The OFA is documented in Appendix B of the "Oracle7
> >Administrator's Reference for UNIX", shipped w/ the 7.3 docs.
> >
> >...Tim Bower
> >jtbower_at_smtp.santeecooper.com
>
> Well, they were "enforcing" it. We screamed loudly for the world to
> hear and the developer for the installer backed down. It's more
> flexible in 7.3.2.2 on Solaris, and the patch for HP sould be
> available soon.
>
> Jim Joslin
> BellSouth Telecommunications
> jim.joslin_at_bridge.bst.bls.com

-- 
Good news all around...  Just spent 40 odd hours restructuring HP
development servers to /u??/app/...  from /u??/dba/... for my upgrade to
7.3.2.1  -> My 7.3.2.2 arrives next week  :>)

Question...  In general I like most of OFA (although I do prefer to have
a modified and slimmed version) and follow it somewhat religiously...  I
am recently getting more and more involved in Oracle for NT where the
concept of OFA doesn't seem to exist?

Has anybody worked through the issues around implementing an OFA
equivalent for NT?  Or, does anyone know Oracle's recommended approach?

Thanx,

Shaun
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