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ASMLib or ASM Filter driver for 19C GI build ?

York35Mar 11 2020 — edited Mar 12 2020

OS : Oracle Linux 7.7 (UEK)

Grid Infrastructure version: 19C

Storage : EMC SAN

I am planning to build a 3-node production RAC cluster. My shop only has RAC clusters built on 11.2.0.4 GI.

It has been a while since I built a RAC cluster. Back in the day, I used ASMLib to achieve the following :

  1. Preserve SAN LUN's ownership across server reboots
  2. Preserve SAN LUN's permissions across server reboots

I've read about ASM Filter driver (ASMFD) which seems to be an newer alternative for ASMLib.

Should I be using ASMLib or ASMFD ?

Any other major changes in the ASM world since 2015, which I should be mindful about ?

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