Proper Home for Grid Infrastructure

Hi all,
I'm planning to install Oracle 11g R2 64-bit on Linux Enterprise 5.5 to create a single instance database with ASM.
My question is: if I set ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle,
can I install Oracle Grid Infrastructure in /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/grid
and the DB software in /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1 ?
My concern is the privileges. If I create the directories like in the following:
# as root
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1
chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1
chmod -R 775 /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/grid
chown -R grid:oinstall /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/grid
chmod -R 775 /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/gridIf I create the database later, the DBCA (which activates as oracle user) will try to create directories under the ORACLE_BASE (not under the ORACLE_HOME).
A solution to me is to set Grid Infrastructure home outside the ORACLE_BASE, if I am correct.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
A solution to me is to set Grid Infrastructure home outside the ORACLE_BASE, if I am correct.Correct !!
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e17212.pdf
Please see topic under 2.17 For recommended methods, other methods may create problems for you for file permissions.
Following link may also help you for what you are doing. Here the person is using same oracle base for both grid and oracle homes
Re: 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure OFA File System Layout
Salman
Edited by: Salman Qureshi on Oct 7, 2010 12:20 PM -- Added reference to a forum thread

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Edited by: Jim on 02.02.2012 7:37

Hi Jim,
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Regards,
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Edited by: Levi Pereira on Feb 2, 2012 2:41 PM

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Grid Version:11.2.0.3
OS : RHEL 5.8
Can I have same ORACLE_BASE location for Grid (CRS) and RDBMS software Homes ?

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