Sure. One can use ocfs2 to host almost anything. The one exception is the crs_home. crs_home needs to be on a local volume.
OCFS 1.2/1.4 has two limits. Like ext3, the number of sub-directories in _a_ directory cannot exceed 32000. (There is no limit to the number of subdirs in a volume.) The other limit is the volume size. Currently max is 16T. There is no limit to the number of files in a volume. (The two limits have been relaxed in mainline for few kernel versions.) As far as performance goes, I have yet to see a benchmark that shows ocfs2 slower than gfs/gfs2. For certification, please check metalink. Sunil Saul Gabay wrote: > > We are currently using OCFS2 to host multiple Oracle 10g RAC databases > on Itanium servers running Redhat AS 4.7, we are running this OCFS2 > version so far with no issues > > > > ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL-1.2.9-1.el4 > > > > We would like to use OCFS2 to host binaries files for the database and > / or application. > > > > This will be 4 active nodes mounting an OCFS2 formatted LUN through iSCSI. > > > > What are the issues, caveats or things we need to be aware if we take > this approach. > > > > Like, is there a limit on the number of files or directories hosted on > OCFS2? > > > > Are there a performance issue / degradation in comparison with GFS > hosting binaries files? > > > > What are the good, bad and ugly of OCFS2 in comparison with GFS > hosting binaries files? > > > > Is OCFS2 certified by Oracle to run database/application binaries? > > > > Please advice what is your experience on this topic, it will be > greatly appreciated. > > /*/ /*/ > > /*/Saul/*/ > _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users
