Re: FileSystem to raw device. Performance will Improve?

In article <00001a1b+0000356d_at_msn.com> toronix_at_msn.com (Robert Rowntree) writes:
>I would like to hear about experiences on possible performance
>improvements of setting up the database as a raw device vs.
>filesystem. Whats the advantages and disadvantages. Are most projects
>going filesystem(block devices) or raw devices.

While I've been watching this newsgroup, I've seen claims of performance increases of -20% to +300%. Personally, I think a modest performance increase is to be expected, but that is overcome by the possibility that someone will come along and overwrite your data with a filesystem.

There is an interesting perspective on hot backups in the November, '95 Unix Review magazine.

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