>>What I am saying here is /u01../u99 ...does not tell what the mountpoint is >>for. That was the point (no pun intended). Paul Baumgartel UBS AG IB Accounting Solutions 400 Atlantic Street Stamford, CT 06904 203.719.4368 paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxx www.ubs.com ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frits Hoogland Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:23 PM To: Niall Litchfield Cc: Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L Subject: Re: a quick poll regarding the 11gR2 OFA please bear in mind I am not criticizing OFA in any way! I think the basic principle still stands. I also think the principle works, and continues to be an important thing for server/database architecture. What I am saying here is /u01../u99 is easily misunderstood by non-DBA's, and even for DBA's it does not tell what the mountpoint is for. If someone is using it, and it works: fine! But if you want a logically and descriptive setup, the '/oracle' directory, is descriptive (mind I say 'directory'), and having mountpoints for the software and for the slices which hold pieces of the database in mountpoints beneath that is descriptive in my opinion. frits
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