I had not exlored about using iSCSI with Oracle RAC. i am now looking into that more seriously.(pl. pass on any links if u have ) Yes, since this is only for testing purposes,so i do not intend to use multiple GNBD servers so i would not require to use the -c (caching) option regards gaurav >hi >If you use gnbd to export storage, the gnbd clients should view this as a >regular shared block device. You are definitely able to put other filesystems >on top of GNBD... with some caveats. GNBD is tied pretty closely with the >RHCS cluster manager. The only way you can export devices uncached is with >a cluster set up. If you don't need to export uncached devices, you can use >the -n (no cluster) option to avoid setting up a RHCS cluster. >When devices are exported in cached mode, reads will use the buffer cache on >the GNBD server. This is a problem if you want to use the exported block device >directly on the server, or want to export the same shared storage device from >multiple gnbd servers. If you aren't doing either of those, you should be able >to use the -n option. >-Ben >Another alternative would be to use iscsi, with a software iscsi target. -- my site:http://www.gnulinuxclub.org my blog:http://linux4all.blogspot.com my project:http://masand.sourceforge.net -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
