Re: optical disk

In article <asingh.6.0082AD2F_at_us.oracle.com>, Amit singh <asingh_at_us.oracle.com> wrote:
>In article <3cs3rb$mpm_at_panix.com> gmr_at_panix.com (George Reichert) writes:
>>From: gmr_at_panix.com (George Reichert)
>>Subject: Re: optical disk
>>Date: 16 Dec 1994 08:14:19 -0500
 

>>In article <3cpsfq$mp_at_portal.gmu.edu>,
>>Mohammed Ghouse <mghous1_at_mason1.gmu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>Recently, we acquired a optical drive(from LMS) for our
>>>HP. I am trying to get a 3rd party driver software
>>>which configures the optical drive as a UNIX file system.
>>>
>>>Further , I want to use the optical disk as an Oracle tablespace.
>>>Any leads with regard to the following?
>>>
>>> 1. Is there any product(there are many in the market) which you
>>> have dealt with and can recommend?
>>>
>>> 2. I am particularly interested in Oracle performance.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
 

>>Please post any responses back to this newsgroup. This is ant interesting
>>subject.
>
>There are a couple of companies that I am aware of that provide the software
>and optical storage to support this functionality - Epoch and
>Alphatronix. They might get the optical jukeboxes from other hardware vendors
>(like HP). They have pretty cool software for hierarchial storage management -
>automatically age file from raw to optical based on rules.
>As far as performance - its pretty much based on the speed of the optical
>device. An Oracle tablespace can transparently be accessing optical media
>rather than magnetic. This configuration would be great for storing images and
>documents.
>
>Amit Singh
>

We have a smallish research database that runs with Oracle data on R/W CD. They made each CD a separate tablespace. To access a diffenent CD, they take the tablespace offline, swap the CDs, then bring the new TS online.

• Woody Kellum