Re: NFS vs RAW for ASM

On May 25, 4:59 pm, orcl..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> On May 25, 10:51 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
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> > orcl..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> > > Has anyone done any benchmarks to compare performance of ASM using RAW
> > > partitions vs. NFS (especially NFS on Netapp)?
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> > > A Netapp 3070 is coming my way in about a month so I can't do any
> > > testing ahead of time but wondering what anyone else could share.
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> > NFS mount will likely be a bit slower than ASM on RAW but there is more
> > to the equation than that.
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> > NetApp's NFS has no issues with respect to device persistence.
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> > NetApp's NFS is essentially plug-and-play. Total configuration time
> > should be an hour or two.
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> > Fewer moving parts.
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> > That said ... which is the better choice depends on what you are going
> > to do with it.
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> I found: http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15667/...
> - but there is no mention of directio mount options, just wondering
> what other options I should use aside from those mentioned in the
> Oracle documentation.
>
> Thanks

That is an option to use ASM on a NAS, it is required if you use RAC standard edition, otherwise it
makes no much sense.

Bye
 Cristian Cudizio

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http://cristiancudizio.wordpress.com Received on Fri May 25 2007 - 10:01:51 CDT