> Oracle supports Ext2 and OCFS, not Ext3. Ext3 has occasional problems > with corruption. As for OCFS, I'll give it a second look it on Saturday, Mladen, Oracle doesn't certify file systems individually. Oracle certifies operating systems, so any file system that runs on standard RHAS will be certified. > be capable of linking it into my 2.4.25 kernel. As for async I/O, that is not > a problem. I can always start a bunch of database writers instead of just > one. The problem with direct I/O is that without it, Linux is going to Asynch IO can also help with read operations and LGWR etc.. I think that generally multiple db writers isn't as good solution as (kernelized) asynch IO with 1-2 db writers. Tanel. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------