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SubjectRe: Should raw I/O be added to the kernel?
Hi,

"Stephen C. Tweedie" wrote:

> Interesting to hear you say this, since that is _precisely_ what you get
> if you are running a large DB like Oracle or Informix on raw devices.
> All raw devices are _necessarily_ synchronous, and yet these devices are
> suggested as a means of improving performance.

NO! Not to improve performance but to improve recoverability of databases.
One will get 2 - 3 times better performance on a filesystem but we can't
guarantee that the write has been completed.

Jason
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