Prior to Oracle Database 12c, an ASM instance ran on every node in the cluster and ASM Cluster File System (ACFS) Service on a node connected to the local ASM instance running on the same host to fetch the required metadata. If the ASM instance on a node were to fail, then ACFS file systems could no longer be accessed… Read more
Starting with Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c (12.1), Oracle Cloud File system (ASM Cluster File System in cluster environment) supports database files (database version 11.2.0.4 and up) in addition to general-purpose files so that entire Oracle databases can be stored inside Oracle Cloud FS. In my earlier articles I demonstrated that: For a database having its files stored on Oracle Cloud… Read more
