2010/2/23 LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> > That is my point even mounting and dismounting filesystems is doable do we > really want to do it working with a clustering software which does not know > about filesystems except his own "filesystem" which is ASM? That is why I > said ASM is a must if we want to use Oracle Clusterware to setup an > active-passive cluster. > > Thanks > > -- > LSC > > > Hi: Why i answered the first time is 'cause your sentence "you need ASM" scared me a little. If i was not able to know about oracle clusterware, reading your sentence i could think that oracle clusterware was only designed for Oracle databases and this is not true, oracle clusterware is a generalistic clusterware software and can be used to manage any type of 'service' and for several environments is a very good option to have a clusterware manager at low cost Regards D.