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size=2>Hi Saul, I see Metalink note <FONT color=#000000><FONT
color=#000080>236826.1</FONT> </FONT>has the following that will answer one of
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size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Unlike the previous
release (OCFS), OCFS2 is a general-purpose file system that can be used for
shared Oracle home installations making management of Oracle Real Application
Cluster (RAC) installations even
easier.</FONT>.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ocfs2-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com
[mailto:ocfs2-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Saul
Gabay<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com<BR><B>Cc:</B> Server Ops_Linux<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 hosting and running binaries<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are currently using OCFS2 to host
multiple Oracle 10g RAC databases on Itanium servers running Redhat AS 4.7, we
are running this OCFS2 version so far with no
issues<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL-1.2.9-1.el4<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We would like to use OCFS2 to host
binaries files for the database and / or
application.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This will be 4 active nodes mounting
an OCFS2 formatted LUN through iSCSI.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What are the issues, caveats or
things we need to be aware if we take this
approach.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Like, is there a limit on the number
of files or directories hosted on OCFS2?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Are there a performance issue /
degradation in comparison with GFS hosting binaries
files?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What are the good, bad and ugly of
OCFS2 in comparison with GFS hosting binaries
files?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is OCFS2 certified by Oracle to run
database/application binaries?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please advice what is your
experience on this topic, it will be greatly
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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