Re: raw device

From: Greg Rahn <greg_at_structureddata.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 07:42:00 -0700
Message-ID: <a9c093440707050742l68298379rf2eb1b36115a5989@mail.gmail.com>

This is why ASM was born, the performance of raw the ease of administration of cooked (and then some).

I would strongly suggest investigating ASM. I've been using it in benchmarks since 10g was GA. It has drastically cut down the time I spend configuring storage for benchmarks.

On 7/5/07, Kerber, Andrew W. <Andrew.Kerber_at_umb.com> wrote:

>

> I agree with you. Any performance you may think you gain by use of raw
> devices is hard to measure, and offset by the additional administrative
> problems associated with raw devices. However, I just want to have a better
> idea of how they need to be set up and managed, at the very least so I can
> argue the merits with the Unix types.

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