Re: oracle on sun solaris

"Connor McDonald" <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4492BA03.525C_at_yahoo.com...
> Bob Jones wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I'm an fan of raw - not just because it gives the best performance
>> > (since you can the same with file systems if done properly), but it
>> > instils a lovely discipline with datafile management.
>> >
>>
>> I think it is more harsh than lovely.
>>
>> > You'll still need a file system for archive logs anyway - a decent CFS
>> > makes handling failover and RAC easier to look after
>>
>> Why is this only the case for failover or RAC?
>>
>> > Connor McDonald
>> > Co-author: "Mastering Oracle PL/SQL - Practical Solutions"
>> > Co-author: "Oracle Insight - Tales of the OakTable"
>
> Because for things like recovery, a node may need access to an archive
> log that it did not write...so a CFS can assist.
>

Sure, but in general filesystems are easier to manage than raw, not just in the case of failoever or RAC. In fact you cannot use raw for archive logs. Received on Fri Jun 16 2006 - 19:56:26 CDT