AW: Linux RAC using OCFS2 - inital installation questions

Hi Laura,  

reading the docs is a very good starting point...;-) do not forget to download the patches (10.2.0.3.0)  

1> it depends on what you are going to use for the 'file system' (ASM or RAC)
2> No, you should not. establish user equivalence and follow the docs. 3> What you mean is the cluster verification utility (cluvfy.sh), you should use it.
4> This is the point you should decide which way you want to go: the ASM or the OCFS2 way, but: do not mix it (due to complexity reasons) 5> OCFS only works witth 2.4 kernels, so this is no choice here, use OCFS2 6> There is no such thing as an ASM flashback recovery area. Maybe there only has been a misunderstanding;-) You may store your FRA in ASM, but ASM does not provide one by itself, ok? Archive logging provides a roll-forward-mechanism, flashback a rollback mechanism. those are very different things.  

hth,
Torsten.  

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