Also, as far as libraries are concerned, I've installed the asm libs for 2.6.164, and then upgraded to 2.6.194 and it didn't give me any issues. I did upgrade the library after the fact just to be safe, but so long as you keep an eye on it I think you should be fine. Oracle has a vested interest in keeping the library up to date with the latest kernel since their distro of linux is basically rebranded red hat. On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Matty Sarro <msarro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Your best bet is to let ASM handle it. Create the disk in fdisk, and then > add it in ASM - simple, fast, and easy. Raw mappings have been deprecated > for some time, and they were kind of pointless to begin with since linux > never really properly implemented the buffering techniques used by other > *nix OS's AFAIK. Further, ASM is better over the long run because managing a > ton of raw disks can get annoying over time, and its a lot more featureful. > > Just my $.02 > > -Matty > > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:31 AM, raj sourabh <rajsourabh1@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> Thanks for information. >> >> Yes I am deploying RAC. >> >> Raw devices are prefereable as oracle asm relies on libs. But heard that >> rawdevices as getting obsolete after RHEL 5.5 onwards :( >> >> Regards, >> >> Raj >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Wahyu Darmawan <wahyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi Raj, >> > >> > I assume you'll going to install RAC, isn't it? >> > AFAIK, there are no more method to you use of disk configuration for >> Oracle >> > db. >> > Both method are efficient for production environment. >> > So, you may choose one of them or combined. >> > Those are supported by Oracle. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Wahyu >> > >> > raj sourabh <rajsourabh1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > >Hi All, >> > > >> > >I wanted to know what are ways one can use local/SAN disks for oracle >> > >installation. I am familier about two; >> > > >> > >* Map the physical disk path to raw device .. eg. raw >> /dev/mapper/mpath1 >> > >/dev/raw/raw1 >> > >* Or use oracle ASM library and tool for disk mapping >> > > >> > >Are there other ways too?? And which one is efficient for production >> > >environment. >> > > >> > >Regards >> > >Raj >> > >-- >> > >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 >> > >> -- >> 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
