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Configuration topics for Oracle database on HP-UX with ONTAP.

HP-UX NFS Mount Options

The following table lists the HP-UX NFS mount options for a single instance.

File type Mount options

ADR Home

rw,bg,hard,[vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,
suid

Control files
Datafiles
Redo logs

rw,bg,hard,[vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,forcedirectio, nointr,suid

ORACLE_HOME

rw,bg,hard,[vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,
suid

The following table lists the HP-UX NFS mount options for RAC.

File type Mount options

ADR Home

rw,bg,hard,[vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,
noac,suid

Control files
Datafiles
Redo logs

rw, bg,hard, [vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,
nointr,noac,forcedirectio,suid

CRS/Voting

rw,bg,hard,[vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,
nointr,noac,
forcedirectio,suid

Dedicated ORACLE_HOME

rw,bg,hard,[vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,
suid

Shared ORACLE_HOME

rw,bg,hard,[vers=3,vers=4.1],proto=tcp,
timeo=600,rsize=262144,wsize=262144,
nointr,noac,suid

The primary difference between single-instance and RAC mount options is the addition of noac and forcedirectio to the mount options. This addition has the effect of disabling host OS caching, which enables all instances in the RAC cluster to have a consistent view of the state of the data. Although using the init.ora parameter filesystemio_options=setall has the same effect of disabling host caching, it is still necessary to use noac and forcedirectio.

The reason noac is required for shared ORACLE_HOME deployments is to facilitate consistency of files such as Oracle password files and spfiles. If each instance in a RAC cluster has a dedicated ORACLE_HOME, this parameter is not required.

HP-UX VxFS mount options

Use the following mount options for file systems hosting Oracle binaries:

delaylog,nodatainlog

Use the following mount options for file systems containing datafiles, redo logs, archive logs, and control files in which the version of HP-UX does not support concurrent I/O:

nodatainlog,mincache=direct,convosync=direct

When concurrent I/O is supported (VxFS 5.0.1 and later, or with the ServiceGuard Storage Management Suite), use these mount options for file systems containing datafiles, redo logs, archive logs, and control files:

delaylog,cio
Note The parameter db_file_multiblock_read_count is especially critical in VxFS environments. Oracle recommends that this parameter remain unset in Oracle 10g R1 and later unless specifically directed otherwise. The default with an Oracle 8KB block size is 128. If the value of this parameter is forced to 16 or less, remove the convosync=direct mount option because it can damage sequential I/O performance. This step damages other aspects of performance and should only be taken if the value of db_file_multiblock_read_count must be changed from the default value.