Path: text.usenetserver.com!out03a.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in02.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder1.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!138.199.65.86.MISMATCH!sn-xt-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-08!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-02!sn-post-ams-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: sybrandb@hccnet.nl Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Init File Question Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:35:21 +0200 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <1189105758.657694.143980@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> <1189111047.799021.56740@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <0fq0e31raug1qn2mq2pkr26qsekdh6jgeq@4ax.com> <1189151708.387418.136460@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 16 Xref: usenetserver.com comp.databases.oracle.server:434653 X-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:36:57 EDT (text.usenetserver.com) On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:55:08 -0700, vitalisman@gmail.com wrote: >On Sep 6, 11:00 pm, sybra...@hccnet.nl wrote: > >> Correct, introduced in 9i with the spfile mechanism. >> Spfile files in RAC are a RAW device on shared storage. > >Why did you say "raw device"? Was that a requirement/recommendation >with 9i RAC? A requirement if you don't have a Clustered File System, like GPFS for AIX. -- Sybrand Bakker Senior Oracle DBA