Re: Unix File System vs. Raw Devices

Seems to me you've got you set-up the wrong way round. Short burst writes like redo logging would be the FIRST things you would move to RAW disks (online logs, not archive logs), not the LAST things. In fact this is exactly what Oracle recommend. How did you end up with your existing set-up?

Steve Phelan.

Alan V wrote in message <6issp8$rn7_at_news9.noc.netcom.net>...
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>derwin_at_my-dejanews.com wrote in message
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>>Although I have used RAW in the past -- with the new autoextend
tablespaces
>>(datafiles) FS files seem pretty nice when you run low on space...
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>>Daryl
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>You can use both RAW and file systems on the same database. We used RAW for
>the datafiles and file systems for the REDO logs and Archive REDO logs. My
>problem with autoextend is that it is a tool for DBAs that don't do proper
>sizing and planning for their database. It's OK for development, but not
for
>production.
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>Alan V.
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Received on Mon May 11 1998 - 03:22:03 CDT