Sorry, I haven't gotten to play with OCFS yet, only researched a little for a client solution. I may be wrong but I think OCFS is the file system you need running on your NAS. Oracle has GPL'd OCFS but my knowledge is scant beyond this. Joe On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:33:18 -0800 (PST), Naeem Shah <naeem_sarwar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Thanks for your reply on the subject. > > I think you are absolutely thinking in the right direction regarding > the locks while using the same drive thru NFS. > > Currently, I am able to see drives on NAS from both of my machines but > while doing read/write, sometimes the process hangs (accessing from > either of the machines) and I was wondering why it is like this. I am > sure it is becuase of some lacking of lock management. > > But how I use so called oracle clustering file system? And while using > that, dont I need to use NFS anymore? I think while using OCFS, I need > to connect this NAS device directly to my linux servers. This NAS is > attached to my network currently. > > Your little more clarification on this issue is highly appreciated. > > Regards, > > > > > --- Joe Hood <joe.hood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Have you looked at Oracle's Clustering File System? I'm not sure how > > your file locking will happen with multiple machines hitting the same > > storage using NFS. > > > > Joe > > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:46:18 -0800 (PST), Naeem Shah > > <naeem_sarwar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi gurus, > > > > > > I am new to this mailing list. I am sure that I will benefit the > > > knowledge experts have on this list and at the sametime, I will be > > able > > > to share what I know. > > > > > > Infact, I have 2 x86 machines running rhel ES 3. I want to create a > > > cluster for oracle rac 10g using the shared disk device NAS from > > HP. > > > Currently, i am able to nfs-mount hard drives available on NAS with > > the > > > 2 machines. But is this enough to have cluster? I am sure not. Is > > this > > > OK to nfs_mount and supported by oracle or NAS has to be attached > > with > > > these 2 machines directly? > > > > > > If yes, then how can we configure this NAS from redhat? > > > > > > Please share your knowledge. Very much appreciated. > > > > > > Naeem > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > ===== > Naeem Shah > Oracle Certified Professional - DBA > Sr. Applications DBA > Jeddah, KSA. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? > http://my.yahoo.com > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
