Re: Veritas vs. ufs

From: chan01 <chandra_2000_us_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 21 Sep 2001 19:53:45 -0700
Message-ID: <480cb9d4.0109211853.698dd75a@posting.google.com>

Andrew Allen <ajallen_at_mailhost.det.ameritech.net> wrote in message news:<3BAA7C5D.C15E2D7D_at_mailhost.det.ameritech.net>...
> Rick Lezan wrote:
> >
> > We're converting from VMS to Solaris. Is there any advantage/disadvantage to
> > installing Oracle 9i on a Veritas file system? Would we be better/worse off
> > to simply use a native ufs created with Solaris format? Thanks!
>
> In my experience Journaled File System (aka Veritas) I/O is
> considerable faster than native UFS. Not auite as fast as raw or
> bypassing UFS cache but fast enough for all but the most hard core
> I/O droids.

I am using vfs + vqio on 2 oracle instance, i did not face any problems. if you want to see more preformance go to Veritas Quick I/O filesystem(vqio). it is almost same as raw filesystem.

Purna
OCP DBA
Cingular Wireless. Received on Fri Sep 21 2001 - 21:53:45 CDT