Re: Oracle Structure or Lay Out

From: Peter H. Larsen <plen_at_novo.dk>
Date: 1997/09/11
Message-ID: <34181BDF.9E2A2FDE@novo.dk>#1/1

Hi David,
Oracle Server is not a FILE server - it's a DATABASE server. A database does not have directories. Usually Oracle Server runs on a server OS, like WinNT Server, Unix or Netware 3.x or 4.x - Peter H. Larsen

David Parry wrote:

> This may be a hard question to answer. I have been dealing with Novell
>
> 4.1, Unix, Windows, and DOS environments since I have started my
> career.
> I know and understand the organization or directory structure in those
>
> environments. I am having difficultly in try to understand the lay out
>
> of an Oracle server. It is unlike any other system I have worked on.
> There is no directory tree where files are stored. Can anyone explain
> to
> me in laymen terms the organization, basic file structure and or lay
> out
> of an Oracle Server?
>
> Dparry_at_nu-pharm.com
Received on Thu Sep 11 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT