From owner-oracle-l@CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU Tue Mar 14 15:34:16 1995 Received: from ccvm.sunysb.edu by alice.jcc.com; (5.65/1.1.8.2/01Aug94-0142PM) id AA13818; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 15:34:10 -0500 Message-Id: <9503142034.AA13818@alice.jcc.com> Received: from CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU by CCVM.sunysb.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7962; Tue, 14 Mar 95 15:18:16 EST Received: from CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@SBCCVM) by CCVM.SUNYSB.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8135; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:38:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 13:36:57 -0600 Reply-To: "ORACLE database mailing list." Sender: "ORACLE database mailing list." From: Bambi Bellows Subject: Re: UNIX Raw Devices X-To: "ORACLE database mailing list." To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L In-Reply-To: "Eclipse Technology Inc." <0006410539@MCIMAIL.COM> "UNIX Raw Devices" (Mar 13, 7:52pm) Powel -- We use raw partitions here. Main benefit is direct write to disk. Main drawback is that backups mix cpio and dd commands. HTH. Bambi.