Re: creating controlfiles on raw

In article <90k2eb$3vm$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   haitham_nouri_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> We're creating an Oracle database (8.0.6) on raw partitions on a
> Solaris server.
>
> Is there a benifit of creating the controlfiles as raw partitions or
> would they better be left as standard filesystem files?
>
> I'd be thankful if you could share your thoughts and experiences.
>
> Regards,
>
> Haitham
>

We use raw on out main production systems. We use the "alter database backup controlfile to 'xxxx' " to make our backup copies as part of our hot backups. If your database is on raw partitions then use raw control files else use regular files to match the rest of the db.

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