Of course in fact old OPS and 9i RAC worked with plain Raw Devices But manage raw device for datafiles can be a pain, not manageable. Thanks -- LSC On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Sriram Kumar <k.sriramkumar@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi, > > One more question. if the data synchronization for OCR is managed with > shared raw volume and without a cluster volume manager, then the same logic > of synchronization should work for Oracle datafiles as well right?i.e..if > you create datafiles on raw volumes without cluster volume manager or > without ASM that should also work right?. > > Best Regards > > Sriram Kumar > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:18 PM, LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Raw Devices can be shared, you dont need any Cluster Volume Manager to do >> so. >> >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> LSC >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Sriram Kumar >> <k.sriramkumar@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> >>> Hi Cheng, >>> >>> Thanks for the reply. how is the OCR and voting disk information >>> synchronized if it is not shared?. Pls help me understand >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Sriram Kumar >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:59 PM, LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> You store OCR and Voting Disks on RAW Devices. You dont need any third >>>> party cluster for this >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -- >>>> LSC >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Sriram Kumar <k.sriramkumar@xxxxxxxxx >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Folks, >>>>> >>>>> We are planning to implement a Sun SPARC based 10g R2 cluster. >>>>> >>>>> I see from the oracle link >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/clustering/certify/tech_generic_unix_new.html >>>>> >>>>> That following storage options >>>>> >>>>> 1) Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster >>>>> >>>>> 2) VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) with the cluster feature >>>>> >>>>> 3) Sun StorEdge QFS shared file system with hardware RAID support or >>>>> with Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster >>>>> >>>>> 4) Network Appliance network-attached storage (NAS) devices >>>>> >>>>> 5) Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) >>>>> >>>>> We are looking at ASM but if we choose ASM then how will the Voting >>>>> Disk and CRS would be managed? Do we still need Sun Cluster for managing >>>>> this alone or how do you manage it?. Thanks in advance >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards >>>>> >>>>> Sriram Kumar >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >