On 2/8/07, Kevin Closson <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Textbook problem. The generic deployment model for RAC (a shared disk > database) is to have nothing shared but the database. A simple shared Oracle > home on CFS or NFS would have obiated this problem. ...but could introduce other limitations. No silver bullet. Alex ...Limitations? No. Possible bugs, sure. All software has bugs. Poorly architected products and solutions, on the other hand, are "bug factories." And regarding the "possibility", I submit: http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/the-dread-factor-multi-vend or-support-unbreakable-linux/ PS. Hey, Alex, I had Ukrainian food last night... great stuff! -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l