The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance is engineered to seamlessly integrate with other Oracle products as well as third-party and virtualized environments. The appliance provides a full suite of data protocols to communicate with a wide variety of application hosts. To improve application performance, provide effective backup support, or more tightly integrate with your application environment and manage and monitor storage appliances, see these resources for a complete list of available downloadable plug-ins, and for white papers and documentation detailing configuration and deployment best practices and recommendations for maximizing performance:
For information about plug-ins that provide functionality with Oracle and non-Oracle products, see:
Please check the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Plug-ins Download page for a complete and up-to-date list of available plug-ins and their latest versions and documentation.
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance can be a backup target for Oracle Database files residing on Oracle Exadata, Oracle SuperCluster, and Oracle Database Appliance. For the most up-to-date configuration best practices and recommendations, check:
My Oracle Support (MOS) notes in the Knowledge Center, including:
"Guidelines When Using ZFS Storage in an Exadata Environment" (Doc ID 2087231.1)
"RMAN Backup From Oracle SuperCluster to Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance" (Doc ID 1517107.1)
Additionally, database administrators can ensure data protection, availability, and rapid testing by efficiently provisioning, cloning, backing up, and restoring Oracle Database files on the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance using the Oracle Snap Management Utility for Oracle Database. This robust software product is available outside of the plug-in download offerings. For more information, see: