Re: 9i RAC with EMC storage

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:53:44 -0800
Message-ID: <41db8dc6$1_3@127.0.0.1>

Dusan Bolek wrote:

> Daud wrote:
>

>>Hello all,
>>
>>I have never setup RAC before but may have to do it later. It will
>>probably be a 2-node RAC on 2 HP boxes (11i) with storage coming from
>>EMC. My questions are:
>>
>>1 - is the oracle installation much different (and harder) in RAC
>>environment?
>>2 - as for the filesystem, do I need to use RAW device? Can I not
>>configure a normal filesystem?
>>Any help/tips/pointers are appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>Daud

>
>
> ad 1) Instalation is easy, but everyday operation of RAC could be a
> problem sometimes.
> ad 2) It depends on your operating system not on used storage. The only
> thing that you need from the storage point of view are drivers
> supporting concurrent access (PowerPath).
>
> --
> Dusan Bolek
> http://www.db-support.com
>
> Email: spambin_at_seznam.cz
> Pls add "Not Guilty" to the subject, otherwise your email will face an
> unpleasant end as SPAM.

Were that this was true. I have personally had problems with EMC due to their lack of actual support of RAC and incompatibilities.

Good company, good hardware, but their RAC support is still problematic.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

Received on Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:53:44 CST