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Subject: Re: direct I/O on Hp-ux
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>
> So, you can have experience if this option can really improve
> performance on OLTP db??
> - Show quoted text -

All the HPUX databases I manage use raw devices so I've never had to
enable direct IO on a VxFS filesystem. Therefore  I cannot speak from
personal experience...


