"why would the consultants want us to put this on a clustered file system?" It's very simple. The consultants have experience burning their hands with ASM. Subba. -----Original Message----- From: ora-apps-dba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ora-apps-dba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kathy duret Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:42 AM To: ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Shared $APPL_TOP for Rac Servers 384248.1. I found this too. I am not sure why were aren't using ASM for the CRS I want to redo this on ASM instead of on clustered file system but I am getting push back on this. Isn't this where Oracle is heading? I assume I will have to convert this over to ASM in the near future anyway so why would the consultants want us to put this on a clustered file system? Kathy VenkateshK <kanakaala@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Kathy, Here is DocID: Note:388577.1 On 10/18/07, kathy duret <katpopins21@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I have been looking for documents on how to set up a shared Appl Top for our Rac / ASM environment for 12i from a storage perspective. This would be Oracle unbreakable Linux, Dell servers and EMC san storage. Any docs, tip or tricks is appreciated. Thanks, Kathy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com <http://mail.yahoo.com/> -- Thanks & Regards Venkatesh K +91 9966441136 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com