dear gourav, Today i am installing the above if iam sucessful i will send the doc to u. regards Suvankar --- gaurav <linux4all@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
