Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Filesystem for Oracle 9i From: Pablo Sanchez References: Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 X-Cache: Y-Cache Date: 9 Sep 2002 10:24:27 -0500 Lines: 22 X-Abuse-Report: abuse@nntpserver.com Organization: http://www.nntpserver.com "Jeff Barnes" wrote in news:GB2f9.2052$i%.517005@localhost: > Does anyone have any recommendations or advice concerning the > installation of Oracle 9i on a standalone (non-clustered) Alpha > DS-20E running Tru64 5.1A? Notably with repect to filesystems > (AdvFS, RAW, UFS....), patchkits, array configurations etc. All > relavent information is welcome. If performance is what you're after, your best bet is to use RAW. If your O/S and your port of Oracle supports direct I/O, then if you are inclined to do regular files, the performance penalty isn't that great (on writes). As a side note, try use 'symbolic links' when you're building your instance. It'll give you the most flexibility by building a layer of abstraction between the underlying filesystem and the instance. HTH! -- Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering http://www.hpdbe.com