Re: CRS and Voting Disk Storage Options -- Oracle 10gR2 RAC on Sun Sparc
From: LS Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:47:21 +0200
Message-ID: <6e9345580906300347t62edd4c7qc82f4c62efeef642_at_mail.gmail.com>
Of course in fact old OPS and 9i RAC worked with plain Raw Devices
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:47:21 +0200
Message-ID: <6e9345580906300347t62edd4c7qc82f4c62efeef642_at_mail.gmail.com>
Of course in fact old OPS and 9i RAC worked with plain Raw Devices
But manage raw device for datafiles can be a pain, not manageable.
Thanks
-- LSC On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Sriram Kumar <k.sriramkumar_at_gmail.com>wrote:Received on Tue Jun 30 2009 - 05:47:21 CDT
> Hi,
>
> One more question. if the data synchronization for OCR is managed with
> shared raw volume and without a cluster volume manager, then the same logic
> of synchronization should work for Oracle datafiles as well right?i.e..if
> you create datafiles on raw volumes without cluster volume manager or
> without ASM that should also work right?.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sriram Kumar
>
>
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> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:18 PM, LS Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Raw Devices can be shared, you dont need any Cluster Volume Manager to do
>> so.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> LSC
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Sriram Kumar <k.sriramkumar_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Cheng,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply. how is the OCR and voting disk information
>>> synchronized if it is not shared?. Pls help me understand
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Sriram Kumar
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:59 PM, LS Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> You store OCR and Voting Disks on RAW Devices. You dont need any third
>>>> party cluster for this
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> LSC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Sriram Kumar <k.sriramkumar_at_gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> We are planning to implement a Sun SPARC based 10g R2 cluster.
>>>>>
>>>>> I see from the oracle link
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/clustering/certify/tech_generic_unix_new.html
>>>>>
>>>>> That following storage options
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) with the cluster feature
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) Sun StorEdge QFS shared file system with hardware RAID support or
>>>>> with Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster
>>>>>
>>>>> 4) Network Appliance network-attached storage (NAS) devices
>>>>>
>>>>> 5) Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
>>>>>
>>>>> We are looking at ASM but if we choose ASM then how will the Voting
>>>>> Disk and CRS would be managed? Do we still need Sun Cluster for managing
>>>>> this alone or how do you manage it?. Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Sriram Kumar
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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