I don't know for RHAS4 but SLES9 has multipath built-in functionality (based on 2.6 kernel device-mapper). You should try to test them. Qlogic failover is going to die... and probably other mp solution for linux like sdd and securepath. Fabrizio > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Stell [mailto:stellr@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 2:25 PM > To: Magni Fabrizio > Cc: oracle-l > Subject: Re: multipath on linux/SDD > Filter detected spam > > > IBM has advised that we upgrade the FC card bios and not use > the built in > RHAS4 driver. I assume Qlogic has a later one, but I have not looked. > My boot drive crashed, so I've had a little pause in the action. > > I've a suspicion that this is an area of Redhat AS that is not ready > for production, solace for my Sun rep? > > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 08:58:53AM +0200, Magni Fabrizio wrote: > > We did it with suse (SLES8). > > > > Everything worked smoothly. > > > > The problem is with iostat, now. > > The multipathed device show an high I/O (writes) while the > DB (the only > > things working on that device) is only reading. > > > > Error of iostat + sdd? > > > > If you meet the same problem make me know. > ============================================================ > Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 Tempus fugit 28^D > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l