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SubjectRe: cooked and raw files (was: Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???))

I was told that Oracle under NT suggests using raw devices. Says something
about NT's FS..

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Stephen Frost wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> > Check yur fax... Oracle does NOT recommend cooked nor raw files. In
> > _ORACLE for Sun Performance Tuning Tips_ manual, it lists the tradeoffs
> > between the two issues. I summarize that below.
> >
> > *All* high-capacity production Oracle databases I've worked with have
> > been stored on a cooked fs. And believe me I've setup and/or fixed some
> > really hairy Oracle7/8 configs. :) The ease of maintenance on a cooked
> > fs always outweighted the performance gain on a raw fs.
>
> This is very true, maintaining/fixing a raw partition under
> Oracle is a pain, and as I recall Oracle goes insane if even correctable
> errors occur on the raw partition whereas on the cooked fs errors are
> handled by the fs instead of by oracle and things work much nicer.
>
> Stephen
>
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