What are the Best Practices for using a clustered file system with Oracle RAC? Can I use it for OCR, Voting Disk, Binaries as well as database files?

Oracle Best Practice for usingCluster File Systems (CFS) with Oracle RAC 10g * Oracle Clusterware binaries should not be placed on a CFS as this reduces cluster functionality while CFS is recovering, and also limits the ability to perform rolling upgrades of Oracle Clusterware. * Oracle Clusterware voting disks and the Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) should not be placed on a CFS as the I/O freeze during CFS reconfiguration can lead to node eviction, or cluster management activities to fail (I. E start, stop, or check of a resource).

* Oracle Database 10g binaries are supported on CFS for Oracle RAC 10g and for Oracle Database. The system should be configured to support multiple ORACLE_HOME? S in order to maintain the ability to perform a rolling patch application.

* Oracle Database 10g database files (e.g. datafiles, trace files, and archive log files) are supported on CFS. Check Certify for certified cluster file systems. Rolling Upgrades with Cluster File Systems in General It is not ...

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.