Re: Mount points question

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:53:06 -0700, markg9_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>I'm just installing a test 9i server as a backup of our production
>system.
>The docs say I need to create mount points u01, u02, etc...
>Since I just have one large partition, can I just create directories
>named u01/02 etc... or will the Oracle install fail???
>
>Thanks
>Mark

The Oracle install will not fail, but you would need to consider

1. you will probably get I/O contention
2. you will create a single point of failure: once something blows away that partition, it will blow your database too.

I wouldn't like to work with such a configuration.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA