Re: Copying raw oracle db file under aix

From: John P. Higgins <jh33378nospam_at_deere.com>
Date: 1998/02/04
Message-ID: <34D8F645.615A@deere.com>#1/1

Marc Lodico wrote:
>
> Does anyone know a faster way to copy our raw file then using the unix
> 'dd' command. Should
> I use a different command or is there an option I can use to speed up
> the 'dd'.
>
> Currently the copy command looks like :
>
> dd bs=4k skip=1 if=/dev/rawfile1 of=/oraback/rawfile1
>
> For a 1 GB raw device file it takes 2 hours with the above command -
> Ouch!
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Please reply to me via
> mlodico_at_bigfoot.com

Try dd bs=64k Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 00:00:00 CST