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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Oussema.

Asked: October 18, 2016 - 10:05 pm UTC

Last updated: October 19, 2016 - 1:28 am UTC

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Hi

My aim is to install oracle rac 11gR2 without ASM.

What's required steps to achieve this and this system (rac installation) and what's pros / cons for this kind of installation .

Regards,
Oussema

and Connor said...

You need a shared filesystem.

One very easy way of doing it is using Direct NFS. I've done this clients in the past, up to 1000 txns/second. So it works, is supported, and scales well.

Tim Hall has a nice write up if you want do a prototype

https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/oracle-db-12cr1-rac-installation-on-oracle-linux-6-using-nfs



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