That would be difficult, since there was no ASM in 9i..... I think point number two should have been: 2.) Raw is required with RAC, you don't have a choice. That's a requirement that used to be true, and went all the way back to the early days of OPS, well before RAC. I'm not sure if it's still a requirement. ASM is an option, starting w/ 10g, but you'll still need some shared raw storage for ASM to manage. As to CFSes, I'm not sure what's available/supported on what platform, as far as RAC is concerned. I thought Veritas offered a clustered VxFS that would work w/ RAC, but, don't quote me on that. We've always been a raw device shop, even for all our single instance databases, so, it was never an issue here. -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies ProQuest 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> www.proquest.com<http://www.proquest.com> www.csa.com<http://www.csa.com> ProQuest...Start here. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:46 AM To: Best, David; duncan.lawie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Oracle 11g CRS, RAC and ASM on Solaris To the best of my knowledge it's been that way since 9i. ______________________________________________________________ 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<http://www.capgemini.com> Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 45 Bartlett St. / Marlborough, MA 01752 Together: the Collaborative Business Experience ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________ From: Best, David [mailto:David.Best@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:45 AM To: Goulet, Dick; duncan.lawie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Oracle 11g CRS, RAC and ASM on Solaris Is point #2 a new requirement for 11g? ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:07 AM To: duncan.lawie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Oracle 11g CRS, RAC and ASM on Solaris 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.