Re: Database Usage of Unix FFS
From: Jeff Rule <rule_at_apple.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 05:10:50 GMT
Message-ID: <rule-020394210900_at_17.1.7.156>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 05:10:50 GMT
Message-ID: <rule-020394210900_at_17.1.7.156>
In article <murphyn.762106847_at_orca>, murphyn_at_orca.cig.mot.com (Neal P.
Murphy) wrote:
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> lparsons_at_world.std.com (Lee E Parsons) writes:
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> I would not be surprised if you found that the block device turns
> in the best performance because:
> - the OS buffers/caches disk blocks in RAM,
>
Wouldn't this be double buffering? Oracle buffers the data in the SGA before writing it.
-Jeff Rule/Apple Computer e-mail:rule_at_apple.com Received on Thu Mar 03 1994 - 06:10:50 CET