Re: HP' NAS device with redhat ES 3

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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
> > >
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