I am wondering if there is a supported (or recommended) list of filesystems that Oracle 10g supports.
Specifically I wish to know if storing Oracle data on an XFS partition is a bad idea.
I ask because some people say it's slow at deleting, and possibly that Oracle doesn't support it, though I can find nothing interesting in their documentation.
Note that I do not wish to use XFS, a client I am working with is already using it. They are having some funky issues and I was wondering if this could be related.
Best Answer
Metalink document 414673.1 "Oracle does not run certifications on local filesystems (i.e. except for OCFS2, NFS etc.) except ext2/ext3 as it is the common default filesystem for all Linux distributions. So if a problem happens specific to XFS, the Linux vendor should be engaged."
I'd generally go with the default unless you've got a particular reason to do otherwise.