Re: Enable 32K Block in 8K Block DB

From: David Williams <djw_at_smooth1.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 01:34:07 +0100
Message-ID: <c4stsg$h3$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>

"Frank van Bortel" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message news:c4otl4$3fg$1_at_news3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> Bottom line (still) is - don't use buffered IO; use direct or raw
> (why do you think every benchmark of oracle still uses raw?!?)

Really Oracle benchmarks all use raw?...As an Informix person why did I used to keep hearing

"according to Oracle raw devices are not faster, in fact filesystems are quicker"

   FROM MY CUSTOMERS than?
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Used to really annoy me...so Oracle have come around to my way of thinking than?

As it's faster? What a suprise...

>
> Now - how do I convince the SA to go raw on his HP machine with VX7100,
> where he found a benchmark that proofs he was right to create the
> filesystem with 8k blocks?

Dunno.

>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel
>
Received on Mon Apr 05 2004 - 19:34:07 CDT