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

Someone 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 have done this in the past with no problems. Just remember that you are adding more variables (and points of failures) to the process. If you have a GOOD network and NFS is not a big deal with your Sys Admins (you will need their help, more than before), I do not see any problems. We had also created data files on the disks borrowed (NFS mounts) from other servers without any problems. All this was done using HP-UX 9.04 on HP 700 series and DG-UX 4.11 on Aviion series machines running Oracle 7.1.x. Oracle Corp may not like this setup, but that's their opinion. I did not have any other choice at the time but to utilize all my resources to solve my business problems. Good Luck.

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