raw device or not raw device

From: Joost Mulders <mail_at_j-mulders.demon.nl>
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 01:39:00 +0200
Message-ID: <37474014.863A62CA@j-mulders.demon.nl>

Hi,

We're migrating from an 'old' Siemens Nixdorf (yes,... the also build trains and refrigirators) unix Oracle server to a new HP 9000 K machine.

In the old database some tablespaces are stored on a 'raw device' without a filesystem. In the new environment, the DBA want raw devices (performance) and the unix administrator want's a (journaled) filesystem because of it's administrative advantages (backup).

Can anyone recommend for one ore the other ?

TIA Joost Mulders. Received on Sat May 22 1999 - 18:39:00 CDT