Cary Millsap from Method-R just reminded us that the OFA standard is now 14 years old.
Check out his original post here:
http://carymillsap.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-birthday-ofa-standard.html
The Good Thing about Optimal Flexible Architecture was that it created a standardized way to install and maintain the Oracle (database) software stack.
And in writing down OFA Cary used his meticulous, thorough approach. Every aspect of OFA was derived from a real "Requirement". And he paid special attention to Robustness and Maintainability. The configuration of Oracle software, and the life of the DBA became a lot simpler.
Many DBAs owe Cary for writing up OFA!
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