Re: Raw Partitions and Oracle

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: 1998/03/10
Message-ID: <01bd4c66$3912f200$294b989e@WORKSTATION>#1/1

Neil Chandler <tcnec_at_tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com> wrote in article <slrn6gagcl.9db.tcnec_at_tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com>...
> In article <35021D7A.3FB7_at_p3.net>, Jerry Gitomer wrote:
>
>
> However, on the flip side, you do get more space - filesystems cost
10%
> of the disk space you allocate, and over 500Gb, this is
significant.

I believe this is not necessary if you use a filesystem only for Oracle
data files. The 10% is the default fs free space, and can be adjusted
down to 1% on some, 0% on other systems. It is used by the O/S to minise fragmentation when you have a large number of small files that are subject to frequent creation, deletion or update. You do not
need this free space if all you have on the file system is a few fixed
large Oracle files.

Jonathan Lewis Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 00:00:00 CST