Re: raw partitions, some simple questions

From: Kerry Scott <kerrysco_at_ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:51:38 -0500
Message-ID: <mFzd6.509$Ah4.22589@nntp0.chicago.il.ameritech.net>

Actually, it's one datafile perf raw partition, rather than tablespace (though many times a tablespace has only one datafile).

Kerry

<sybrandb_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:956ap3$r6u$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <3A76EB8F.B10218F2_at_univ.gda.pl>,
> Maciej Kwapulinski <pikpok_at_univ.gda.pl> wrote:
> > I'm new to oracle (although a few years experience with unixes)
> > I have a question about raw partitions.
> > I don't understand when do we use them during the oracle instalation
> > process.
> > Can I install everything on raw partition, I mean all oracle tree, for
> > example :
> > ..../oracle/admin
> > ..../oracle/doc
> > ..../oracle/jre
> > ...../oracle/oradata
> > ...../oracle/oui
> > ....../oracle/product
> >
> > or I use it only while creating new databases, while the rest is
> > installed in ufs filesystem
> >
> > documentation doesn't answer these basic (very important) questions,
 so
> > i don't understand this
> >
> > greetings
> > Maciek
> >
> >
> My understanding is you use raw partitions for tablespaces only,
> where 1 tablespace = 1 raw partition.
> All the rest should be on cooked ufs file systems.

>

> Hth,

>

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Received on Tue Jan 30 2001 - 07:51:38 CST