Re: Win2K Mount Points

Hello,

An update for the list about the use of mount points provided by NTFS v5.

> I have been tasked to upgrade an existing Openserver 5 / 7.3.4 installation to
> a Win2K / 8.1.7 installation. The hardware is an IBM 8500R 8-way with 4GB main
> memory and 32 mirrored pairs.
>
> Under Unix it is simple to mount each filesystem at an appropriate mount point.
> However, the traditional method of using drive letters in Windows is somewhat
> limited by the number of available letters. The obvious solution with NTFS5 is
> to use mount points - which is what I have done. I have a directory located in
> $ORACLE_BASE under which I have mounted 25 of the mirrored pairs, i.e. all of
> the filesystems that will be used exclusively by Oracle
>

The above system has been implemented and has been live for about a month and there have been no issues with the use of mount points at all. Indeed, it has been amusing watching SA's trying to locate where all of the drives have been "put"!

The easiest method for locating all of the volumes is to select the 'All Drive Paths' option on the View menu in Disk Administrator. The dialog is also useful for removing drive paths should a filesystem be offline for whatever reason - this allows the mounting of the fixed (or a new) filesystem to mounted at the same place in the directory path.

The use of mount points is also useful in attempting to following the OFA guidelines, e.g. the mounting of a separate filesystem at

<ORACLE_BASE>\admin\<DB_NAME>\arch\

to allow greater space to be allocated for the storing of archived redo logs.

Many thanks for all of those who replied to my original request.

---
nigel.


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