Received: (qmail 8610 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2012 00:31:18 -0600 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by static-ip-85-25-126-90.inaddr.ip-pool.com with SMTP; 16 Feb 2012 00:31:15 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 33EC7E938A4; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:31:08 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=freelists.org; s=turing; t=1329373868; bh=mhtxmDvWLdDL4sN6+ZsPoBF6//X8OM6VUhUXbsrB 5Us=; h=References:In-Reply-To:Mime-Version: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-type:Message-Id:Cc:From:Subject: Date:To:Sender:Reply-To:List-help:List-unsubscribe:List-Id: List-subscribe:List-owner:List-post:List-archive; b=hBZ1mj5UdGMeWr XunzdVVV0hLn1nzBXGMq1rQAInqaF38FWQ611mtruvxx6Rp37Z8GzzmKU1wuT9UmUSv 60zJW5l7a7M+sgXp2AxqaJr54CK2c3U4rS4rn9u+xRGkEAJ6rMgTWLktCQL2W5ZWjB0 sUeJYloIGwiGisT11aLpE04= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Enpe-St9sFcl; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:31:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 68A66E936D6; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:30:24 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:29:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 23F65E8FCF2 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:29:42 -0500 (EST) Authentication-Results: turing.freelists.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.i=@gmail.com Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 76VPh74DXXGy for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:29:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-pw0-f51.google.com (mail-pw0-f51.google.com [209.85.160.51]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id A8601E8BF06 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:29:41 -0500 (EST) Received: by pbbrp2 with SMTP id rp2so1922872pbb.10 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:29:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to; bh=fxvACk9X9LoXAh+Rtt/DtleuQaZpyeMW8fnnnt6NbJw=; b=tiVTN+0/sXy6lUe7bi38fUPB7axwNmaKYZxFTAnoKCzX4251NploZ3KavQbxVofLPj m+WYwld0eUZ2piKsKxi9q2zN9UBS6wnHYBZBXMp0Gug0DUhurmkzyRP0aC7KW/essNCj +4vK+Xa2aCys/JPd7EuAwXQp2Pvk60glS7KNo= Received: by 10.68.227.132 with SMTP id sa4mr10438464pbc.64.1329373780958; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:29:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.104] (c-71-198-0-63.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [71.198.0.63]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w8sm1514643pbo.23.2012.02.15.22.29.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:29:39 -0800 (PST) References: <4F398F5E.3010308@gmail.com> <4F3997FD.4040005@gmail.com> <4F3998A5.8030603@gmail.com> <4F39991A.3010806@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F39991A.3010806@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <1B69157F-7BFE-427C-8C99-038F867AC5F9@gmail.com> Cc: =?utf-8?Q?ORACLE-L=EF=BB=BF=EF=BB=BF=EF=BB=BF=EF=BB=BF?= From: Stalin Subbiah Subject: Re: ASM and disk partitions offset Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:29:39 -0800 To: "cichomitiko@gmail.com" X-archive-position: 41464 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: stalinsk@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: stalinsk@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l I believe it was also done to align ASM disks with stripe size which is generally in multiples of 2. At least this was the case with Linux, using fdisk for disk partitions. Stalin On Feb 13, 2012, at 3:13 PM, "Radoulov, Dimitre" wrote: > I meant: > > now I remember that once, when I was setting up a test RAC on Solaris, I > wasn't able to make the partitions visible for asm disk creation > [...] > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l