Re: Raw Partitions and Oracle

In article <01bd4c66$3912f200$294b989e_at_WORKSTATION>, "Jonathan Lewis" wrote:

This is true. However, not all systems will allow you to adjust the 10% allocation. I know, for instance, that Dynix SVM will allow you to decide, but I have not come across the method of doing this on HP-UX 9 or 10, or even if it is possible. Volume managers are highly vendor specific and something that one will allow, another will not.

regs

Neil Chandler

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>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:
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>Jonathan Lewis
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Received on Wed Mar 11 1998 - 00:00:00 CST