SAP Note

405827 - Linux: Recommended file systems

Component: BC-OP-LNX (Linux), Version: 27, Released On: 24.02.2023

Symptom

You want to use an SAP solution on Linux and search for decision support during the
selection of the file system to be used.

Other Terms

Linux, EXT3, EXT4, GPFS, NFS, OCFS2, XFS

Reason and Prerequisites

The SAP-supported Linux distributions propose several file systems that you can select.
Under certain circumstances, however, not every file system proposed by the relevant Linux
distribution is also recommended for the use of all applications or supported by the
respective application manufacturer. This applies in particular to use on database systems.

Solution
The use of a file system on Linux is allowed for SAP applications, provided the relevant
Linux distributor and the database manufacturer, if necessary, also ensure this support. The
same also applies for the use of storage systems.
In the Linux environment, we do not certify any file systems and storage systems for use at
the SAP application server level, and we also make no recommendations for certain file
systems and storage systems.
Nevertheless, other software solutions may not allow all of the file systems to be used to
the same extent.
The following is an overview of the recommendations for the relevant applications as far as
they are known:
IBM Db2
Db2 11.5
IBM Db2 Version 11.5 Knowledge Center - Recommended file systems
Db2 11.1
IBM Db2 Version 11.1 Knowledge Center - Recommended file systems

Oracle DB
Oracle 12
2171857 - Oracle Database 12c - file system support on Linux
Oracle 11
1114181 - Oracle Database 11g - file system support on Linux

SAP ASE
No restrictions are known. SAP ASE supports all file systems supported by the
relevant Linux distributor, but no RAW devices.
 SAP HANA
2972496 - SAP HANA Filesystem Types

SAP MaxDB
2704435 - SAP MaxDB/liveCache - file system support on Linux

If there are no recommendations or restrictions for the relevant application, you can refer
to the standard file systems for data partitionings of the respective distributions as a
guide. Here is an overview of them:
Oracle Linux
OL 8: XFS
OL 7: XFS
OL 6: EXT4
OL 5: EXT3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RHEL 8: XFS
RHEL 7: XFS
RHEL 6: EXT4
RHEL 5: EXT3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLES 15: XFS
SLES 12: XFS
SLES 11: EXT3
SLES 10: EXT3

Manual Activities

Attributes
Key Value

Other Components BC-OP-LNX-RH (Red Hat Linux)

Other Components BC-DB-DB6 (DB2 Universal Database for Unix / NT)

Other Components BC-DB-SDB (MaxDB)

Other Components BC-OP-LNX-OLNX (Oracle Linux)

Other Components BC-DB-SYB (Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise)

Other Components BC-DB-ORA (Oracle)

Other Components BC-OP-LNX-SUSE (SUSE Linux)

Other Components HAN-DB (SAP HANA Database)

Operating system LINUX

This document refers to

SAP Note/KBA Title

999524 Oracle 10.2 platform support for Async IO

958253 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10: Installation notes

912905 FAQ: Storage systems used with SAP MaxDB

797084 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9: Installation notes

773544
2704435 SAP MaxDB/liveCache - file system support on Linux

2171857 Oracle Database 12c - file system support on Linux

2069760 Oracle Linux 7.x SAP Installation and Upgrade

2009879 SAP HANA Guidelines for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Operating System

2002167 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x: Installation and Upgrade

1984787 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12: Installation notes

1944799 SAP HANA Guidelines for SLES Operating System Installation

171356 SAP Software on Linux: General information

1635808 Oracle Linux 6.x SAP Installation and Upgrade

1567511 Oracle Linux 5.x SAP Installation and Upgrade

1496410 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x: Installation and Upgrade

1310037 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11: Installation notes

1114181 Oracle Database 11g - file system support on Linux

1084263 Cluster File System: Use of GPFS on Linux

1048303 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x: Installation and upgrade

This document is referenced by

SAP Note/KBA Title

2714556 Unsupported file system "btrfs"

2002167 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x: Installation and Upgrade

3048431 HANA Service Crash With an Exception "Wrong size written" During Recovery

2972496 SAP HANA Filesystem Types

2015553 SAP on Microsoft Azure: Support prerequisites

2704435 SAP MaxDB/liveCache - file system support on Linux

2559204 Misleading "Unsupported file System ext4" Warnings on Standby Host

2369910 SAP Software on Linux: General information

1984787 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12: Installation notes

1310037 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11: Installation notes

958253 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10: Installation notes

999524 Oracle 10.2 platform support for Async IO

1114181 Oracle Database 11g - file system support on Linux

912905 FAQ: Storage systems used with SAP MaxDB

797084 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9: Installation notes

914177 File system reiserfs Oracle parameter filesystemio_options

1084263 Cluster File System: Use of GPFS on Linux