Companies running Oracle9i Real Application Clusters should be able to replace their raw disk partitions with a file system, easing management, says Veritas ...

Oracle customers who run its database software on clusters of Unix and Linux servers have had to look to outside vendors, or other open-source alternatives, for the file system software.

Oracle is releasing its Cluster File System Release 2 to the open-source community to demonstrate its support for Linux, even as it prospers as a producer of proprietary software products.

Oracle Cluster File System, combined with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, allows customers to manage their database storage in an Oracle9i RAC configuration as easily as on a single system.

Oracle touts announcement that Cluster File System 2 for Linux will be distributed with the Linux kernel.