RE: Using GFS for 9i RAC

From: Bill Pass <wbpass_at_YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:53:31 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004A1259.20020724095331@fatcity.com>

Interesting...

According to the white papers at their web site it is not yet certified w/Oracle (they are working on it).

Appears to have been originally developed for some massive NASA requirement (this is a hunch after reading their white papers and having some experience with NASA) like storing satelite data.

I wouldn't think the locking mechanisms touted by GFS would bennefit Oracle as Oracle already implements it's own locking scheme. You would simply be using the shared filesystem. Could probable get similar results with any old NAS solution.

Anyway, this is what I gather from reading the white papers. Don't have any direct experience with it. Just lots of OPS/RAC experience on more traditional systems.

Bill
--- "Orr, Steve" <sorr_at_rightnow.com> wrote:
> OK, I posted this Monday, went fishing yesterday and
> figured I'd hear
> something about this today but nothing... has anyone
> even heard of GFS?
> Sistina? Raw? Cluster File Systems? :-)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Anyone using Sistina GFS for Oracle 9i RAC
> implementations? It obviates the
> need for raw, has a volume manager, and provides
> direct I/O support. Can't
> find any info on Metalink/OTN. Looks intriguing for
> RAC on Linux and there's
> no mention from the Oracle propagandists?
>
> http://www.sistina.com/products_gfs_Oracle.htm
>

http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=2132
>
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> Curiouser...
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