Re: OCFS Oracle Cluister File System - limitations ?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:07:50 -0800
Message-ID: <1203689261.858746@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


DBA.Jo wrote:
> On 21 Feb., 00:41, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:

>> DBA.Jo wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>> does anybody know about maximum number of connected nodes to Oracle
>>> Cluster File System (OCFS)?
>>> I have been told, that OCFS would get problems to support more than x
>>> connected servers. Maybe thats a rumor.
>>> Does anybody know about a good working configuration with 8 or 10 or
>>> more connected nodes?
>>> Or does anybody know about a bad working constellation with zjat
>>> number of nodes?
>>> I've searched the net, but could not find any answer.
>>> cu
>>> Jo.B.
>> Whatever it is it is greater than the number of nodes you will ever
>> build in a RAC cluster.
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> Oracle Ace Director & Instructor
>> University of Washington
>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org

>
> I understood:
> You can install as many RAC nodes as you need, OCFS will work fast.
> Correct?
>
> We use SAP BIA (Business Intelligence Accelerator). There are 3
> vendors, HP, Fujitsu/Siemens and IBM. IBM uses its own Fildsystem GPL,
> which seem to work good. HP and Fujitsu/Siemens are using OCFS and it
> is said both face the same problems.
>
> BIA uses flat files. Possibly that could be the cause of the problems?
> Remark: OCFS Vers.1 was certified for Oracle Files only, OCFS2 should
> work with flat files also.
>
> Has anyone some experiences with this?

What does any of this have to do with Real Application Clusters?

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
Oracle Ace Director & Instructor
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Fri Feb 22 2008 - 08:07:50 CST

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