You may want to check out Bill Burke's paper "Putting Oracle's OFA on Steriods" at http:// www.oracleguru.com
Is Bill still on this list? - Kirti --- "Jesse, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Tim, > > D'oh! The problem with e-mail is that it takes an hour to convey what would > take 5 minutes in person... :) > > While I stand by my original e-mail, I do understand that OFA was designed > to do exactly what the acronym says: be optimal and flexible. My problem > with it is that I do not see OFA as optimal, at least not anymore. Perhaps > it's just me, but I just don't understand the reasoning of the parts of OFA > I had outlined now nor 14 years ago. Maybe it's because I had much more > hair 13-14 years ago (more on my head, at least, with less in other places), > and the combined human caused faults/accidents over those years has caused > me to be much more strict in the way I'd like to see hardware and software > set up. Or perhaps it's because I cut my teeth on VMS and haven't conformed > to accepted Unix practice, nor do I see a need to if an alternative can be > established as being subjectively "better" (re: "/unn" mountpoints). > > OK, enough of my babble. I would LOVE to see OFA updated! I won't hold my > breath that any of my suggestions would be incorporated, but then again I'm > just one person. I'll happily continue using a mostly-OFA setup. Except on > VMS, which Oracle Corp does not conform to OFA at least thru v8.1.7. Then > again, we have no more VMS... :( > > BTW, wasn't dangling from a clock tower Harold Lloyd's trademark? :) > > Thanks for listening to my whining, > Rich > > Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Gorman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:09 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Subject: Re: what is BAARF? --- OFA > > > > > > Rich, > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Kirtikumar Deshpande INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
