Re: Asynch IO on Linux

In article <8tk8cs$obe$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   bryan_w_taylor_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> I'm using Oracle 8.1.5.0.2 on RedHat 6.2 Linux.
>
> I had some problems when I turned on two dbwr writers. DBW1 would
> occasionally peg one of my two CPUs and hang. I turned off the
 multiple
> writers and asynch IO and tried using 4 IO slaves. This seemed to work
> (it seems slow - but that's a topic for another thread).
>
> I'm wondering if Linux supports asynchronous IO, or if maybe I don't
> have it configured properly. Does anybody know if it does or how I can
> determine if oracle is having problems because it's not working
> properly.

I remember Running Linux says the defaults mount option (in /etc/fstab) means Async I/O will be used.

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Yong Huang

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