Re: Raw Devices: Increased Performance?

In article <4scrou$2ng_at_inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> pzola_at_us.oracle.com (Paul Zola ) writes:
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>Result? Filesytem wins by more than 100% over raw device.
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>How did this happen? It's a direct result of the access pattern of the
>database. The UNIX filesystem is optimized for random access, while
>raw devices work better for sequential access.
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An unintended side effect is, poorly optimized apps that force too many full-table scans will do better with raw devs...

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