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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: Oracle & NFS
Rick Wessman wrote:
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> KevinSuttle <ksuttle_at_my-deja.com> writes:
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> > I'm looking for thoughts on the viability of installing an Oracle
> > instance on an NFS share. I have a feeling that this would result in
> > poor db performance but don't want to jump to any conclusions.
> >
> > Any thoughts? Has anyone tried this? Is anyone doing this?
> In a nutshell, it's a bad idea. Oracle depends on knowing that database blocks
> have been flushed to disk. This is not possible when writing to an NFS
> filesystem. The end result is that Oracle can't guarantee the integrity of the
> underlying datafiles.
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> >
> > Thanks!
Would you consider it permissible if the NFS Server is directed to perform write through? If the data is not cached, and the write is reported as complete, would that satisfy the data integrity concern you mention?
Cordially,
Gregory Carvalho GregoryC_at_stcinc.com Simplified Technology Company http://www.stcinc.comIn God I Trust! Received on Tue Dec 21 1999 - 20:44:27 CST
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