Re: Raw device type for data files

Can you elaborate on your claim about "loss of backup security"? From an adminstrative perspective, handling raw devices is more complicate than handling data files resided on filesystem(s) but security should not be an issue!

-Ted.

torsten_at_diver.muc.de (Torsten Reichert) wrote:
>no need to do raw devices with oracle databases. The loss of backup
>security is much bigger than the winning of performance!
>Torsten Reichert e-mail:
 

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