Return-Path: X-Original-To: oracle-l@orafaq.com Delivered-To: oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: from puck1183.startdedicated.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by puck1183.startdedicated.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D36B1961105 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:52:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by puck1183.startdedicated.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:52:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id BA152F22084; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:30:34 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=freelists.org; s=turing; t=1355344234; bh=WWVHuvEG0VuAA3vHvYq9U2Mhu83ig3s/VnoXbYZ2sTI=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Sender:Reply-To: List-help:List-unsubscribe:List-Id:List-subscribe:List-owner: List-post:List-archive; b=eQWC2Ac4Z3fNjbzjm+mXh/o0YxwwVptS73g1IHA8JPP37wKJeWMKUpYd40yAPme0p +iR+/HMjNdcf0gj1qsiBFHmvbswWN/Luj4VX0TDx9J3Z4tmfMAIF3rcsg7eIGmXVDj PLSA9zGYbV7mbwM+W8PA2/gbS5Z2YrEdIztf2s84= 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 DSa+58W5Awaq; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:30:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 9FB2AF21B85; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:29:49 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=freelists.org; s=turing; t=1355344232; bh=WWVHuvEG0VuAA3vHvYq9U2Mhu83ig3s/VnoXbYZ2sTI=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Sender:Reply-To: List-help:List-unsubscribe:List-Id:List-subscribe:List-owner: List-post:List-archive; b=DfjcYYwhhTKsS6i5af8ERvfZkEZsfAA0I5Jv93HPKuLdW7GNByu3K7h7obKBIMyo4 atrHXspNGNCCXA1E1Q1pmjJtu7xF4Tde+YrTikb7NgfESJOhbBhLo2lxGLIDMAtINc /DAMJFsPauDa7tUl1sAeUVC/qudTigpuYVp+Bi/4= Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:29:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 0547CF21744 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:29:05 -0500 (EST) Authentication-Results: turing.freelists.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; insecure key) header.i=@gmail.com; x-dkim-adsp=none (insecure policy) 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 zTAKKNxHr9mP for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:29:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-qa0-f51.google.com (mail-qa0-f51.google.com [209.85.216.51]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id E34D3F2166B for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:28:59 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-qa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id i20so1717169qad.10 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:28:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/qnL934FHIfRF8XYXx61VZyjhEUxmjiA9R3crLlp69Y=; b=eY18CO1/nC1rK576vGCo16Df9Fwjy3xIu9EjOyXTkS4/e+bqndbwanE/jX2+Ci9XWe nbf94Ts4ouhT/BdTGCay/GJO2mzaNb5m2BVjY4g4djHpZJxBZFp1iiJwHVxezMQNd6iB c5n/DHmWWYQUnYNX0SxWUSGx6Ofhw2h02qmVYnAWprw2vBFO90mzonUn4VBwGPMmyX4e KxAZyFveTDe3N3piC5+ceLI0DN9NgAPLWwEIAIviEGceW5dpzvtlcPpVtVtz3weo32pg 4naRcVbo1bzKND4D8pXYx6DyVrfDcP0WzJxeM6ljIBJ/UPxGZhrIeVvKEU6GAt+Jcyuh K9gg== Received: by 10.229.76.35 with SMTP id a35mr1162838qck.13.1355344119754; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:28:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.16.50.126] ([69.199.78.178]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z16sm7432353qac.19.2012.12.12.12.28.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:28:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50C8E8F6.2050007@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:28:38 -0500 From: Bobby Curtis User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Re: Linux OCFS/OCFS2 alternatives for RAC shared storage systems? References: In-Reply-To: Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 46067 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: curtisbl@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: curtisbl@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 ASM is what most RAC clusters use. Is there a reason why you are not using ASM? Bobby L. Curtis (e): curtisbl@gmail.com | (t): @curtisbl294 http://dbasolved.com On 12/12/2012 2:56 PM, Christopher.Taylor2@parallon.net wrote: > I'm curious if anyone uses anything other than OCFS/OCFS2 filesystems for their RAC shared storage areas? > It seems that OCFS (our version anyway) is not extendable unless you take it offline. A key point for me would be a clustered filesystem that is dynamically growable as needed. > > Anyone have any thoughts on the matter? > > Chris Taylor > Oracle DBA > Parallon IT&S > > > -- > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l