Re: Asynchronous IO (UNIX)

In article <44i46k$cfc_at_pcnet2.pcnet.net> Paul Baumgartel <paulb_at_pcnet.com> writes:
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>From: Paul Baumgartel <paulb_at_pcnet.com>
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>Subject: Re: Asynchronous IO (UNIX)
>Date: 30 Sep 1995 00:49:24 GMT
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>I don't think asynchronous I/O and the use of raw partitions are related. You can
>use async I/O with database files or raw partitions, if your OS is configured for
>it. Async I/O just means that the DBWR can have multiple writes outstanding at
>once; whether or not the writes go through the Unix filesystem cache doesn't matter.

Paul is right, I use Oracle on AIX and Async I/O has to be set. They are not using raw.

J. Received on Sat Sep 30 1995 - 00:00:00 CET