Re: Performance on HP

Isn't the veritas file system actually raw devices but managed in a format like file systems? I was under the impression that is why you would use the veritos system. If I understand it correctly, you are basically getting the best of both worlds..

-Sheilah Scheurich
DBA
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Derek Hackbardt wrote:

> 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 Tue Jan 13 1998 - 00:00:00 CST