Installation Considerations
The following table describes the file systems that work with the Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 software on SPARC and x86 platforms.
| File System | Additional Information |
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Oracle Solaris ZFS |
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Oracle Solaris UFS |
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Oracle HSM - Standalone file system |
Supported data services: All failover data services External volume management: Solaris Volume Manager only |
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Oracle HSM - Shared QFS file system |
Supported data services: Oracle RAC External volume management: Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster |
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Oracle HSM - Shared QFS clients outside the cluster (SC-COTC) |
Supported data services: None; only a shared file system is supported External volume management: No external volume manager is supported |
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Oracle HSM - HA-SAM Failover |
Supported data services: None; only a shared file system is supported External volume management: No external volume manager is supported |
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Network File System (NFS) |
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Oracle Solaris Cluster proxy file system (PxFS) |
ZFS and UFS file systems can be configured as cluster file systems |
For information about the supported versions of the file systems for this release, see Oracle Solaris Cluster 4 Compatibility Guide (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris-cluster/overview/solariscluster4-compatibilityguide-1429037.pdf).