Oracle Cloud File System概述

OracleCloud File System在Oracle GridInfrastructure 11.2.0.2被提出来，建立在Automatic Storage Management之上，并在此版本加入了很多ASM的新特性。包含如下三部分：

1. Automatic Storage Management

2. ASM Dynamic Volume Manager (ADVM can be used to create ACFS, ext3，and so on)

3. ASM Cluster FileSystem

在Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.1设计的高可用性框架，ASM被集成在内，并提供Linux平台上面的ASM Cluster File System，在之后的11.2.0.2版本内，加入了对其他系统的支持，如HP-UX、Solaris、AIX，并丰富了支持每个系统的版本。

如果使用Oracle Cloud File System则必须安装Grid Infrastructure，管理则可以使用ASMCMD、acfsutil、Oracle EM、asmca、SQL command interface。

在11.2.0.2版本内，ACFS加入Snapshot, Tagging, Replication, Security、Encryption这些新功能。

如官方所述：

Snapshot –Snapshot is a point in time copy of the file system. It uses the Copy-On-Writetechnology, which uses minimal storage.

Tagging –Tagging allows to group the files by adding a tag name attribute to the files.Tagging can be done across directories, cluster.

Replication– Replication allows the replication of the files across ACFS from primary tostandby. This can be used in conjunction with Data Guard to build complete DRsolution.

Security –Security feature allows the fine grained access to the data (which is additionto the access control provided by operating system)

Encryption –Standard key based encryption is also another feature.  Here each file encrypted using FileEncryption Key (FEK) & Volume Encryption key (VEK).