7 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Review supported storage options as part of your installation planning process.

• Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  The following table shows the storage options supported for Oracle Grid Infrastructure binaries and files:
• Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM
  Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) extends Oracle ASM technology to support of all of your application data in both single instance and cluster configurations.
• Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  For all installations, you must choose the storage option to use for Oracle Grid Infrastructure (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM), and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) databases.
• Guidelines for Using Oracle ASM Disk Groups for Storage
  Plan how you want to configure Oracle ASM disk groups for deployment.
• Guidelines for Using a Network File System with Oracle ASM
  During Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation, you have the option of configuring Oracle ASM on a Network File System.
• Using Logical Volume Managers with Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC only support cluster-aware volume managers.
• About NFS Storage for Data Files
  Review this section for NFS storage configuration guidelines.
• About Direct NFS Client Mounts to NFS Storage Devices
  Direct NFS Client integrates the NFS client functionality directly in the Oracle software to optimize the I/O path between Oracle and the NFS server. This integration can provide significant performance improvements.