Duncan, I'm in the middle of planning/implementing a RAC on Solaris cluster. The plan is to: 1) use Oracle cluster services instead of other clusterware, less finger pointing. 2) ASM is mandatory with RAC, you don't have a choice. ______________________________________________________________ Dick Goulet / Capgemini North America P&C / East Business Unit Senior Oracle DBA / Hosting Office: 508.573.1978 / Mobile: 508.742.5795 / www.capgemini.com Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 45 Bartlett St. / Marlborough, MA 01752 Together: the Collaborative Business Experience ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lawie, Duncan Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:39 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Oracle 11g CRS, RAC and ASM on Solaris DBAs, I am currently reviewing options for Oracle 11 RAC on Solaris 10 and one of the proposals on the table is: - Use CRS as the only clusterware on the box - Use ASM for database (clustered) storage - Use Veritas VxFS on VxVM for (non-clustered) filesystems. Has anyone else had experience with a similar set-up? If not, what do you use for RAC on Solaris? I have seen SFRAC for cluster and storage on Oracle 10, but it seemed to disolve into cross-department finger pointing as soon as there was an issue with the cluster, the network or the storage. (Also, I understand it's not certified for 11g yet.) Your thoughts appreciated. Duncan. Duncan Lawie Database Engineering - Oracle +44 (0)20 788 3 9229 "Oh to be in England now that April's there" -- Home thoughts from abroad; Robert Browning. ======================================================================== ====== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ======================================================================== ======