Re: RAC performance on different hardware solutions

Stefan wrote:

> Other things to consider are cluster software. HP and Sun are on the same
> level, and Compaq seems to have the best offering. It is also the only one
> which offers CFS (Cluster file system) support with RAC. The overhead of
> using CFS instead of raw devices is very small (<5%), but the reduction in
> administrative overhead is considerable.

Thank you very much for this precious info. The last point, in particular, sounds new to me. Is this option available with Linux too? I was not able to found anything about CFS on Compaq website.

Thanks again
Best regards, Cristian

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