Re: Recovery using RAW devices
Date: 1995/05/25
Message-ID: <D9556B.LtG_at_nntpa.cb.att.com>#1/1
In article <3q03sa$5k2_at_hpcc48.corp.hp.com>,
Contractor - Yuktton "Jonny" Chan <jychan_at_corp.hp.com> wrote:
>Jean-Francois Denis (jean-francois.denis_at_s1.bru1.sni.be) wrote:
>
>: We are using Oracle 7.0.15 DBMS on a UNIX machine. For performance reason, we
>: will use RAW devices instead of UNIX files.
>: We worry about the recovery after an Oracle crash when using RAW devices.
>: Could you give us any hint or mention the problems you met using RAW devices.
>: Jean-Francois DENIS (jean-francois.denis_at_s1.bru1.sni.be)
>: Siemens-Nixdorf Belgium
>
>we implemented an Oracle DB using raw devices on a Sequent and have performed
>complete db recovery twice from a hot backup without any problems. we use
>are a backup package solution from Alexandria to do the backups.
>
>Johnny Chan
>Indepedent Oracle Specialist
Most versions of UNIX now have "volcopy" or something similar. It copies raw devices to tape much faster than other UNIX archiving utilities such as cpio or tar.
Lou Avrami ( attmail!lavrami ) Received on Thu May 25 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST