>>> On 10/12/2011 at 11:57 AM, David Boyes <[email protected]> wrote: > Linux has a number of good cluster file systems: GFS2, gLustre, Ceph, PVFS2, > etc. You could even use OCFS2 if you can deal with Oracle not distributing > the current version on anything but their distribution. But, use SOMETHING > that knows about multiple machines if you're going to share a single disk.
I should note that OCFS2 is what is used in the High Availability Extension from SUSE. If you have a current SLES subscription, there is no additional cost for HAE. That will allow you concurrent read-write access (if needed) without concerns for data corruption. It's not hard to set up. Thanks to Richard Lewis of IBM, we (SHARE) have run a couple of hands-on labs for it in the last year, and things pretty much Just Worked [tm]. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
