For Oracle databases, you can use the dNFS (direct NFS) driver which allows the database to bypass the kernel when accessing NFS storage and improves performance. Here's an Oracle paper on dNFS: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/directnfsclient-11gr1-twp-129785.pdf
Here's a collection of papers from Netapp related to Oracle: https://communities.netapp.com/blogs/neil/2014/02/19/netapp-on-oracle-white-papers-updated The last one (TR-4109) compares Oracle RAC on NFS, iSCSI and FC - performance was pretty much the same between NFS and FC (though it's worth pointing out that they were using FCoE from the servers and then fiber from the switch to the NetApp storage). On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Michael Ryder <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Adam Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Unfortunately, trying to convince Oracle DBAs to try something new and >> better than the way they've been doing things for decades is very, very >> difficult. >> >> If you can, I suggest creating an eval environment or POC using NFS for >> Oracle. Oracle as a company ran petabytes of databases on NetApp NFS for >> many years until they purchased Exadata and have been migrating. Oracle on >> NetApp NFS works beautifully. It would really benefit the DBAs at your >> organization to explore the possibility. >> >> > Adam, I must confess I am in the school that doubts NFS can provide the > same level of performance as block storage. Unfortunately, I don't have > the resources to do a proof of concept -- can you direct me to a good study > I can read? > > Thanks > > Mike >
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