Re: Advantage of Raw Device-based database over Filesystem-based Database (Is there any?)

What do you mean by "cooked" ? Thanks.

Susan wrote:

> Oracle themselves don't have a good answer, you may get some nominal
> performance increase from raw devices. Unless the application and
> environment are such that squeezing every bit of performance out of it
> is necessary, then I'd advise you to use "cooked" filesystems. From a
> DBAs perspective, they are much easier to administer and manage.
>
> - sooz
>
> On Tue, 01 Sep 1998 16:48:20 -0700, "giau45_at_yahoo.com"
> <giau45_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Is there any advantage of Raw Device-Based Database over
> >Filesystem-Based Database ?
> >
> >In what case, one prefers Raw Device-Based database over
> >Filesystem-Based database ?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
Received on Wed Sep 02 1998 - 13:48:01 CDT