Re: NFS vs RAW for ASM

On May 25, 10:51 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
> orcl..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> > Has anyone done any benchmarks to compare performance of ASM using RAW
> > partitions vs. NFS (especially NFS on Netapp)?
>
> > 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.
>
> NFS mount will likely be a bit slower than ASM on RAW but there is more
> to the equation than that.
>
> NetApp's NFS has no issues with respect to device persistence.
>
> NetApp's NFS is essentially plug-and-play. Total configuration time
> should be an hour or two.
>
> Fewer moving parts.
>
> That said ... which is the better choice depends on what you are going
> to do with it.

I found: http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15667/app_nas.htm#sthref1134 - 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 Received on Fri May 25 2007 - 09:59:11 CDT