Re: tuning NFS for large backups

In alt.os.linux sybrandb <sybrandb_at_gmail.com>:

> NetComrade wrote:

>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:16:53 +0100, Michael Heiming >> <michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de> wrote:

>> >In alt.os.linux J.O. Aho <user_at_example.net>: >> >> Michael Heiming wrote:

[ problems with nfs performance ]

>> >Not really, though it isn't clear from the OP what kind of >> >storage this is (SAN/NAS) and it wouldn't do much if the former.

>> AX100 is a SAN (fibre) attached to the NFS server via a fibre switch.
>> .......
>> We run Oracle 9iR2,10gR1/2 on RH4/RH3
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> I would recommend having Oracle confirm they support this setup. Oracle
> doesn't support NFS outside the context of a SAN/NAS, and as your SAN
> is not attached *directly* to the database server, this is probably a
> form of NFS they won't support.

Though I might be wrong, the OP did sound as he is going to do backups, perhaps redo logs and alike stuff to the nfs storage?

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