Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:30:48 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: cooked and raw files (was: Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)) |
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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 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html >
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