Re: Can database files be NFS mounted.
From: Neil Greene <ngreene_at_ni.net>
Date: 1996/06/12
Message-ID: <31BEDD9B.2091_at_ni.net>#1/1
Date: 1996/06/12
Message-ID: <31BEDD9B.2091_at_ni.net>#1/1
ashok kapur wrote:
>
> 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?
NFS file systems tend to cache reads and writes. This can give unpredictable results and destroy datafile integrity, damaging your database beyond repair. Be careful. Not recommended.
-- Neil Greene "Pinky, you make me worry. You are too Sr. Oracle DBA / Unix Administrator close to being a poster child for SHL Systemhouse, Inc. - L.A. cheese wiz," Brain <URL:mailto:ngreene_at_laoc.SHL.com>Received on Wed Jun 12 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST