Re: Raw usage in Solaris

In article <3CE144F7.3FB7C835_at_exesolutions.com>, Daniel says...
>
>Yong Huang wrote:
>
>> Hi, Nuno,
>>
>> You don't need Veritas or SDS to use raw. In fact, if you do, that's
>> not called raw any more. To allow oracle to read from the raw device,
>> run chown oracle:dba [thedevice] as root.
>>
>> Direct I/O may speed up or slow down db file read depending on whether
>> the file is sequentially read (at OS or filesystem level). Filesystem
>> page cache helps a lot by prefetch if the read is sequential. But
>> using direct I/O allows you to give the memory that otherwise would be
>> part of page cache to Oracle buffer cache, which manages Oracle data
>> caching more intelligently. Read Steve Adams' Ixora News - March 2002
>> newsletter.
>>
>> Yong Huang
>> yong321_at_yahoo.com
>
>Is this available on the web? I can't find anything at ixora.com that
>points to a newsletter.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Daniel Morgan
>

Daniel

You must need more coffee! ;)

On Steve's web site in the left hand frame there is a Newsletter link. Maybe you know a different ixora? Sorry, couldn't resist! ;)

HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.

Pete

SELECT standard_disclaimer, witty_remark FROM company_requirements; Received on Tue May 14 2002 - 14:00:29 CDT