Re: OPS using file system to allocate a tablespace?

Mark is correct. This is a Unix file sharing limitation, so all versions of Unix that I'm aware of are affected. VMS is not.

Pete

markp7832_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <m01s3.1056$i75.1507499_at_dca1-nnrp1.news.digex.net>,
> "Michael Shapiro" <STMAS_at_computer.org> wrote:
> > I forgot to say that I'm using 8.0.5 on SUN 4500 Solaris...
> > 2*boxes 2 instances share the same Database!
> >
> > Michael Shapiro wrote in message ...
> > >Hello World!
> > >
> > >I'd like to allocate tablespace in the file system with OPS and all
> other
> > >tablespaces using raw devices.
> > >
> > >Is this going to create any problem?
> > >
> > >TIA
> > >
> On most platforms the Oracle Parallel Server, OPS, requires that all
> database data files be raw partitions. This is true for Pyramid and
> Sequent so you may want to check your manuals for Sun since I do not
> think you can use Unix file system type files with an OPS database.
>
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Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 10:50:14 CDT