Re: RAW or COOKED?

From: Martin Haltmayer <Martin.Haltmayer_at_0800-einwahl.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 11:37:11 +0200
Message-ID: <38916347.705677F1@0800-einwahl.de>

We use raw devices because our tests proved 10 % performance gain on Solaris 2.6, Sun 450. Further, you cannot inadvertently delete your raw disks (as you may with your cooked files). Backup is not a problem because I use the famous "dd" command to a pipe (and gzip from the pipe).

Martin

"Gregory P. Schin" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have Informix experience but no Oracle. Recently I setup an Oracle
> database. I was going to set it up using raw (character) devices (on
> Solaris) but was confused to find in the documentation that it seemed to
> be discouraged - so I used cooked.
>
> Do most Oracle DBA's use raw or cooked?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Greg Schin
Received on Fri Jan 28 2000 - 03:37:11 CST