Re: Async I/O with Oracle 7.1.3 or 7.1.6 on HP/UX

In article <rp1399-0506951403470001_at_m12cim15.sps.mot.com>

           rp1399_at_email.sps.mot.com "Steve Lemme" writes:

> > I am trying to find someone who has set up Async I/O on an
> > HP/UP v9.04 with either Oracle 7.1.3 or 7.1.6.
> >
> > We have been talking to Oracle "Support", and they have
> > said that we should set the ANSYC_WRITE=true in the INIT.ORA. The
> > only problem is that the parameters does NOT exist (7.1.3). We pointed this
> > out, and "Support" has said that the parameters will be supported in
> > 7.1.6. I then talked to a friend who does have 7.1.6 installed, and
> > guess what....no parameter.
>
>
> We use it. It is enabled as an HPUX Kernel parameter.
>
>
> Steve Lemme
> DBA
> MOTOROLA
>

Async writes have been available under Dynix/ptx for some time now. The primary functionality is in the Kernel. You enable its use by Oracle RDBMS by setting the flag in init.ora. As per the documentation it is for use with raw devices.

Regards
Donald Campbell [ SueDon Ltd - UNIX and Database Specialists ] Received on Thu Jun 08 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST