Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure

The following table shows the storage options supported for Oracle Grid Infrastructure binaries and files:

Table 7-1 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Storage Option OCR and Voting Files Oracle Clusterware Binaries Oracle RAC Database Binaries Oracle RAC Database Data Files Oracle RAC Database Recovery Files

Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM)

Note: Loopback devices are not supported for use with Oracle ASM

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)

No

No

Yes

Yes for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) and later

Yes for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) and later

Local file system

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

OCFS2

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Network file system (NFS) on a certified network-attached storage (NAS) filer

Note: Direct NFS Client does not support Oracle Clusterware files

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Direct-attached storage (DAS)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shared disk partitions (block devices or raw devices)

No

No

No

No

No

Guidelines for Storage Options

Use the following guidelines when choosing storage options:

  • You can choose any combination of the supported storage options for each file type provided that you satisfy all requirements listed for the chosen storage options.

  • You can use Oracle ASM or shared file system to store Oracle Clusterware files.

  • Direct use of raw or block devices is not supported. You can only use raw or block devices under Oracle ASM.