DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Recommended file systems

DB2® databases run on many of the file systems supported by the platforms the DB2 product runs on.

IBM® recommends the file systems shown in Table 1 for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows.

Note: Undocumented limitations might exist for file systems not listed in Table 1. Support for unlisted file systems might be limited.

Table 1. File systems recommended for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Platform		File systems recommended
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	IBM General Parallel File System¹ (GPFS™) ext3 VERITAS File System (VxFS) Network File System² (NFS) with IBM N-series Network File System² (NFS) with Network Appliance filers
Linux	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)	GPFS ext3 VERITAS File System (VxFS) NFS² with IBM N-series NFS² with Network Appliance filers
UNIX	AIX®	GPFS Enhanced Journaled File System (JFS2) NFS² with IBM N-series NFS² with Network Appliance filers VxFS
	HP-UX	HP JFS³ (VxFS)
	Solaris	UNIX File System (UFS) ZFS VxFS
Windows	All Windows products	NTFS
Notes: ¹ See http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/clusters/software/gpfs/index.html for additional information about GPFS. ² See http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21169938 for details on which NFS versions are validated for use on various operating systems. ³ HP JFS on HP-UX is an OEM version of VxFS.