File System Planning
File System Planning
SAP File System Planning
The following figure shows the SAP file system planning. Ensure that the capacity of the /sapmnt and /usr/sap file systems is greater than 2.5 GB and 25 GB, respectively. For details, see SAP official documents.
Oracle file system plan
Before the installation, set required file system nodes for the Oracle database. The following figure shows the file system planning. The total size of the /Oracle file must be greater than 100 GB. For details about the requirements for the file system size, see SAP official documents.
The following table shows an example of the SAP file system.
Mount Point |
File System Size |
File System Type |
Shared |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
/ |
100 GB |
- |
No |
OS volume |
/usr/sap |
100 GB |
xfs |
No |
/usr/sap volume |
/sapmnt |
40 GB |
xfs |
No |
Shared to all nodes in the SAP system |
/orasfs |
Auto capacity expansion |
SFS |
No |
Stores the SAP installation package, which is shared to all nodes in the SAP system. |
/oracle |
300 GB |
xfs |
No |
Stores the Oracle file system node. |
- |
20 GB |
swap |
No |
Swap volume |
(Optional) If Oracle on RAC is installed, plan the shared storage.
Mount Point |
File System Size |
File System Type |
Shared |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
rac-ocr |
100 GB |
xfs |
Yes |
RAC shared storage |
rac-rec |
120 GB |
xfs |
Yes |
RAC shared storage |
rac-ora |
60 GB |
xfs |
Yes |
RAC shared storage |
rac-log |
300 GB |
xfs |
Yes |
RAC shared storage |
rac-data |
300 GB |
xfs |
Yes |
RAC shared storage |