Don> Thanx for the info John. Unfortunately I can't use the Red Hat Don> GFS, it requires v3.0 and we cannot upgrade to that yet. Since it's open source, can't you get it from http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/gfs/ and see if it will install on your systems? Don> I have been pushing for it, but Oracle won't give me an definite Don> answer as to whether their apps are certified for RH 3.0. That's silly, but very understandable. From looking at your corp website, I can see why you're interested in only deploying supportable systems, esp in such a production environment. Don> We could go with Veritas' Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC, but Don> that would require considerable change, and no one here knows the Don> software. For the time being I'll probably have to go with a NAS Don> device and make it as redundant as possible. I know Veritas. :] And I'm looking for a job. :] Well, I know VxVM/VxFS quite well and I've been exposed to their Clustering software as well. Good stuff all around. But that doesn't solve the question here, which is how to get a good reliable NFS file storage (would the storage be on the SAN, or local to the server) for a good price. Here's a thought, but a pair of cheap 2U servers and install RHEL 3.0 along with the GFS filesystem and clustering software. Export via NFS to the other servers. If one node goes down, you've got a backup and failover. And it would give you exposure/experience with RHEL 3.0, GFS and clustering so you would be working to migrate the Oracle instances to the same type of setup down the road. John