Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01a.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newsread.com!newsprint.newsread.com!63.218.45.11.MISMATCH!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!uunet!dca.uu.net!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newsfeeder.syd.optusnet.com.au!news.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail Reply-To: "Noons" From: "Noons" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.informix,comp.databases.ibm-db2 References: <407a7113$0$4574$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <407d2ae7$2$20662$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: The old raw devices chestnut. Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:22:13 +1000 Organization: Noneovyabuzness MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Lines: 12 Message-ID: <407d2cf3$0$25661$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.30.91.186 X-Trace: 1081945331 25661 211.30.91.186 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:259512 comp.databases.sybase:61361 comp.databases.informix:136274 comp.databases.ibm-db2:92728 Sorry, I meant "to/from db buffer cache". -- Cheers Nuno Souto wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam "Noons" wrote in message news:407d2ae7$2$20662$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > Depends on what the OS can do. Some don't work all that well at > doing direct I/O to/from buffer cache.