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Subject: Re: Linux OCFS/OCFS2 alternatives for RAC shared storage systems?
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I know a couple of our customers that are heavy users of ACFS.  One shop
still uses the old Veritas clustered file system product, though I suspect
the longevity of that product to be in question.
Matt


On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 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
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