You could always test the two different filesystems for performance
and robostness. Look at http://www.csrad.com for an easy
to use tool to benchmark hardware/software platforms.
Derek Hackbardt wrote in message <691c9c$qgp$4_at_gte1.gte.net>...
>I'm in the process of upgrading a number of our database servers to
>HP-UX 10.20 (with OnlineJFS) using HP's new AutoRAID disk arrays.
>
>Using this technology, our DBA and myself are trying to decide whether
>we use raw devices or file systems for the data directories. If we go
>file systems, we'd be using the Veritas File System. With the extent
>based instead of block based access using this type of file system, we
>are curious as to what performance increase we will still see with using
>raw devices.
>
>1. Has anyone had experience with Oracle7 using the HP autoRAID
>technology?
>2. What performance increases could we expect from using raw devices
>over VxFS?
>
>Any advice would be appreciated..
>
>Thanks,
>Derek
>
>------
>Derek A. Hackbardt
>System Administrator, Cargill Inc. Fertilizer Division
>hackbardt_at_gte.net, Derek_Hackbardt_at_cargill.com
>813-671-6291
>
Received on Thu Jan 08 1998 - 00:00:00 CST
