Re: Linux filesystem turns read-only when creating tablespaces (Oracle 10g) ?

hipo wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> Thank you for your idea. Althou we've solved the problem (see post
> before this one), I'd like to know a little bit more about this way of
> having raw disks... any link to read something about it? I didn't know
> we could have disks in other way than doing a mkfs and then a
> mount.... the typical Linux thing...

You'll have to check with Oracle documentation whether raw devices are supported on your brand of Linux. See
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html

Basically, if they are supported, you don't mount the device but point Oracle directly at the device. That way all file system overhead is saved while still employing caching (on Linux as far as I know; it's different on other *nixes).

Kind regards

    robert Received on Wed Oct 19 2005 - 07:53:53 CDT