Re: Can database files be NFS mounted.

In article <31BDEAC9.1011_at_thomtech.com> ashok kapur <akapur_at_thomtech.com> writes:
>From: ashok kapur <akapur_at_thomtech.com>
>Subject: Re: Can database files be NFS mounted.
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 14:53:13 -0700
 

>Chuck Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> Charles Jardine <cj10_at_cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >Is it OK for the files which make up an Oracle database to be
>> >NFS mounted, or must they be on discs directly attached to
>> >the server machine?
>> >
>> >I have always believed that NFS mounting of database files was
>> >forbidden. However, I cannot now find any reference to this
>> >restriction in the documentation. I am sure that I once read it
>> >somewhere (perhaps back in Oracle 6 days).
>> >
>> >I would be very grateful if anyone can give a definitive answer
>> >to this question (particularly with a documentation reference).
>> >
>> >Charles Jardine - Univ. of Cambridge (UK) Computing Service
>>
>> I've never tried it but I would think this would be a bad idea just
>> for performance reasons, both for the database and the network. You'll
>> probably suck up all your bandwidth, not to mention that few networks
>> are going to be as fast as a local disk drive.
>>
>> Why not create a test database and try it? Make sure to test
>> everything though: queries, updates, backup & recovery, etc. If you
>> do, please post the results. I'd be interested in hearing what
>> happened
>> --
>> Chuck Hamilton
>> chuckh_at_dvol.com
>>
>> Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself!
 

>Been there and done it!! Yes, it works, but as Chuck said, it is very
>slow.
>--

Not that I would ever do it, but I asked Oracle and they said they do not support it. They said you can't really be sure that Oracle's write request actually got written. Received on Wed Jun 12 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST