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Mount Options for Oracle files for RAC databases and Clusterware when used with NFS on NAS
devices (Doc ID 359515.1)

In this Document

Purpose
Scope
Details
RAC including RACone and single instance RAC
References

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Oracle Clusterware, Oracle Real Application Clusters, NAS

PURPOSE

The options with which the NAS systems should be mounted are described. This note does not cover the new dNFS feature
that was introduced in 11g.

SCOPE

This document is relevant to all environments using Oracle Clusterware & RAC.

DETAILS

RAC including RACone and single instance RAC

In the table below

Binaries is the shared mount points where the Oracle Home and CRS_HOME is installed.
Datafiles includes Online Logs, Controlfile and Datafiles
nfsvers and vers are identical on those OS platforms that has nfsvers. The ver option is an alternative to the nfsvers
option. It is included for compatibility with other operating systems
Please note that the mount options on each of the following cells are applicable only to those type of files listed in
the column heading.

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The non-shared GI HOME and ORACLE HOME on non-shared NFS mount point is not tested, so although noac
may not be needed, its absence still cause problems at runtime because the RDBMS (and ASM) code
contains validations of the NFS mount options, so this configuration should not be used.
For RMAN backup sets, image copies, and Data Pump dump files, the "NOAC" mount option should not be
specified - that is because RMAN and Data Pump do not check this option and specifying this can adversely
affect performance.
In 12.2, both OCR and voting disks must reside in ASM. Refer to Document 2201844.1
The NFS storage for asm diskgroup (not quorum disks) that has the OCR and voting disk must use the
mount options listed for CRS Voting Disk and OCR
The NFS storage for asm diskgroup (not quorum disks) that does not have the OCR and voting disk must use the
mount options listed for Oracle Datafiles

Mount options for CRS Voting Disk

and OCR (12.1 and lower)
Mount options for Oracle Datafiles
In 12.2, both OCR and voting disks must
reside in ASM.
Operating Mount options for Binaries The NFS storage for asm diskgroup
Refer to Document 2201844.1
System ## (not quorum disks) that does not have
The NFS storage for asm diskgroup
the OCR and voting disk must also
(not quorum disks) that has the OCR
use this mount options
and voting disk must also use this
mount options

rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,

Sun Solaris wsize=32768,proto=tcp,noac,
wsize=32768,proto=tcp,noac, wsize=32768,proto=tcp,vers=3,
*
forcedirectio, vers=3 noac,forcedirectio
vers=3,suid

rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, cio,rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, cio,rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,

AIX (5L) ** wsize=32768,proto=tcp, wsize=32768,proto=tcp,noac, wsize=32768,tcp,noac,
vers=3,timeo=600 vers=3,timeo=600
vers=3,timeo=600

rw,bg,vers=3,proto=tcp,noac, rw,bg,vers=3,proto=tcp,noac, rw,bg,vers=3,proto=tcp,noac,

HPUX
hard,nointr,timeo=600, forcedirectio,hard,nointr,timeo=600, forcedirectio,hard,nointr,timeo=600
11.23 *** --
rsize=32768,wsize=32768,suid rsize=32768,wsize=32768 ,rsize=32768,wsize=32768
Windows
(Use dNFS
if needed.
Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported
Refer to
Document
1468114.1

Linux x86 rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,

# wsize=32768,tcp, vers=3, wsize=32768,tcp,actimeo=0, wsize=32768,tcp,noac,actimeo=0,
**** timeo=600, actimeo=0 vers=3,timeo=600 vers=3,timeo=600

Linux x86- rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,

64 # wsize=32768,tcp,vers=3, wsize=32768,tcp,actimeo=0, wsize=32768,tcp,noac,vers=3,
**** timeo=600, actimeo=0 vers=3,timeo=600 timeo=600,actimeo=0
rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768, rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,
Linux -
wsize=32768,tcp,vers=3, wsize=32768,tcp,actimeo=0, wsize=32768,tcp,noac,vers=3,
Itanium
timeo=600, actimeo=0 vers=3,timeo=600 timeo=600,actimeo=0

* NFS mount option “forcedirectio” is required on Solaris platforms when mounting the OCR/CRS files when using Oracle
10.1.0.4 or 10.2.0.2 or later (Oracle unpublished bug 4466428)
** AIX is only supported with NAS on AIX 5.3 TL04 and higher with Oracle 10.2.0.1 and later
*** NAS devices are only supported with HPUX 11.23 or higher ONLY

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# These mount options are for Linux kernels 2.6 and above. For older kernels please check Note 279393.1

## The stated mount options for binaries are applicable only if the ORACLE HOME is shared.

ASM (Automatic Storage Management) Quorum Disks:

Soft mounts are recommended for ASM Quorum Disk mounts. Hard mounts may hang I/O and bring down the entire ASM
system.
When using a soft mount, ASM handles an I/O failure gracefully, and will offline only the associated quorum disk. ASM
quorom disks do not store user data, so there is no risk of data corruption on the quorum disk itself.
When using NFS for regular database files, see: General Configuration Guidelines for NAS Devices

Refer to <Docment: 1003375.1> NFS-Filesystems: Hard vs Soft mounts Explained

Due to Unpublished bug 5856342, it is necessary to use the following init.ora parameter when using NAS with all versions
of RAC on Linux (x86 & X86-64 platforms) until 10.2.0.4. This bug is fixed and included in 10.2.0.4 patchset.
filesystemio_options = DIRECTIO

REFERENCES

NOTE:762374.1 - Step by Step - Configure Direct NFS Client (DNFS) on Linux

NOTE:1567137.1 - Sun ZFS Storage Appliance: Oracle Database 11g R2 NFS Mount Point Recommendations
NOTE:279393.1 - Linux/NetApp: RHEL/SUSE Setup Recommendations for NetApp Filer Storage

NOTE:1003375.1 - NFS-Filesystems: Hard vs Soft mounts Explained

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