Re: NFS Mounting Oracle Software....Any known problems

In article <341ED532.B7BBF1F1_at_erols.com>, Someone <answers_at_erols.com> wrote:
>
>David Sivick wrote:
>
>> We are thinking about NFS mounting our Oracle software from single
>> source.
>> We would have a secondary server just in case the first machine went
>> belly
>> up.
>>
>> Does anyone, our has anyone, seen any problems with doing this.
>>
>> I would like to centralize as many things a possible, but should I
>> change
>> the TNS_ADMIN to allow local admin of theses files?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>
>I can tell you what I have experienced first hand. First, Oracle
>expressly states they do not support a configuration involving NFS
>mounting of files. Second, I know from experience you cannot NFS mount
>data files and expect to run without period prolems (ie instance
>crashes, hanging, or backup/integrity corruption). If you are only
>referring to executables that load into the client over the network, it
>may work but you are taking your chances.

I think he meant NFS mounting for the Oracle *Software*, not the database files. It works OK, but is not ideal - you can't upgrade or patch only one set to test it on one server before applying to the other(s). My opinion only...

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