Re: using raw devices on linux for oracle 9i

Florian wrote:

> hi,
>
> i want to know if itīs much better to use raw devices instead of ext2
> or reiser fs partitions on a suse linux 7.0 system.
> i want to install oracle9i db.
>
> i have found some references in this newsgroups but those are a few
> years old and discuss raw devices compared to aix jfs.
> can i compare this to my linux system?
>
> so do you think i will get better performance using raw devices?
> i know that it is more administrative effort.
>
> are there any www links discussing my questions?
>
> thanks so much
>
> greetings
>
> florian

Hi.

upgrade your SuSE install to v7.1 or 7.1 and use the Logical Volume Manager.
You'll want to use the glibc v2.2 for Oracle 9i anyways.

http://www.suse.com/oracle

hth,

Paul Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 18:09:23 CDT