1.3 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Database and Recovery Files

The following table shows the storage options supported for Oracle Database and recovery files:

Table 1-3 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Database and Recovery Files

Storage Option File Types Supported / Database File Types Supported / Recovery Area
Oracle ASM Yes Yes
Oracle ACFS Yes (Oracle Database 12c Release 1, 12.1.0.2 and later) Yes
Direct NFS Client Yes Yes
Local Storage No No
Shared unformatted partitions No No