RE: Async IO

From: Nuno Souto <dbvision_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:49:49 +0800
Message-ID: <1130903389.4368375d4e82d@mail.iinet.net.au>

Quoting "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen_at_OneNeck.com>:

> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought HPUX only supported
> async IO on raw disks, not on file systems.
>
>
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> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:21 PM
>
> Here's the configuration: HP-UX Itanium flavor (11.23) with
> Oracle 9.2.0.5.
>
> Question: is anyone with this configuration using async IO to
> any or all of their file systems? If so what have been the benefits and
> pitfalls?
>

IIRC, it supports asyncio in file systems when vxfs (Veritas) is used. That's a separately priced option and needs to be sourced separate from the vanilla standard HP-UX. A lot of Hp sites do have it.

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