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In article <370283F5.AB869813_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl writes:
>Joe Driscoll wrote:
>> are there any FAQ's or other source of information that would
>> address the pro's and con's of putting log devices on a NFS mounted
>> drive?
>I wouldn't even consider it. The writing of log files needs to run
>smoothly always, as writing the log is done before any change is
>committed to the database. Network mounted drives will always be slower
>than ordinary drives. I would strongly advise against doing this, and I
>didn't even consider the possibility of the remote system going down,
>which will crash the database, and cause problems on the most vital
>files there are.
Then why would Oracle certify Netapp NFS servers for Oracle RDBMS?
Philip
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