Re: Raw Logical Volumes vs. Unix File Systems
From: <smith117_at_delphi.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 94 10:32:57 -0500
Message-ID: <x01R9Mp.smith117_at_delphi.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 94 10:32:57 -0500
Message-ID: <x01R9Mp.smith117_at_delphi.com>
Thomas M Buccelli <tmb_at_idm.com> writes:
>We use Oracle on RAW LVM's that are stripped and mirrored and have had
>no problems whatsoever. For backup we simply split off a mirrored copy
>of the raw device and back them up with Omniback Turbo (a very nice,
>although slightly expensive product).
>
>Tom
Tom,
Out of curiosity, why risk taking one of your mirrors down to do the backup, when Oracle can do an on-line backup and maintain point in time consistency?
Was it simply taking too long without the Parallel Backup option?
Dan Received on Sat Aug 20 1994 - 17:32:57 CEST