Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle.server:44516 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!newsfeed.wli.net!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!inet16.us.oracle.com!not-for-mail From: Pete Sharman Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Oracle on NT with raw devices Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:34:18 -0800 Organization: Oracle Corporation Lines: 75 Message-ID: <36FFB99A.35F15D30@us.oracle.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------88D049CCEB7779A61A15CECD" X-Trace: inet16.us.oracle.com 922728668 7462 144.25.183.79 (29 Mar 1999 17:31:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@inet16.us.oracle.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Mar 1999 17:31:08 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (WinNT; U) --------------88D049CCEB7779A61A15CECD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don Yes it's possible to use raw devices on NT. That's what we use with OPS on NT, with the side advantage that you can go past the 26 drive letters. HTH. Pete Don Khan wrote: > Does anyone use raw devices for Oracle datafiles on NT? In the UNIX world > this is common but I am wondering if DBAs for large Oracle on NT > installations use raw drives. What about when NT volume sets cannot be > allocated a drive letter because all drive letters have already been used. > Could Oracle still use a raw volume set that does not have a drive letter. > Reason I'm asking is because I'm working on a product that does backups of > VLDB installations for NT and I need to figure out how Oracle NT customers > are using storage. If you are in such an environment I would appreciate any > info. Thanks. -- Regards Pete ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Sharman Email: psharman@us.oracle.com WISE Course Development Manager Phone: +1.650.607.0109 (int'l) Worldwide Internal Services Education (650)607 0109 (local) San Francisco SQL> select standard_disclaimer, witty_remark 2 from company_requirements; Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation "Controlling application developers is like herding cats." Kevin Loney, ORACLE DBA Handbook "Oh no it's not! It's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long term ORACLE DBA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------88D049CCEB7779A61A15CECD Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Pete Sharman Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Pete Sharman n: Sharman;Pete org: Oracle Corporation adr: 500 Oracle Parkway M/S OPL-B1024;;;Redwood Shores;California;94065;USA email;internet: psharman@us.oracle.com title: Courseware Development Manager tel;work: +1.650.607.0109 tel;fax: +1.650.633.1669 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------88D049CCEB7779A61A15CECD--