Re: Larger than 2G Raw partitions on 4.2 Dynix

vidya.shankar_at_firstdatacorp.com wrote:
: Hello All,
 

: Platform : 4.2 Dynix on Sequent SE 80.
: RDBMS : Oracle 7.3.2.3
 

: Problem :
 

: We are in the process of creating a 700G + database on the above setup.
: The system contains raw devices of 1 G, 2 G, 3 G, 4 G, 5 G, 6 G, 8 G , 13
: G and 15 g file sizes.
 

: Please see the table below and the problem is self-evident.
 

: Concatenated File Size Creatable Size Comment
: /Striped in Mb
:
: Both 1 G 999
: Striped 2 G 1999
: Striped 3 G 2047 2048 - 1
: Concatenated 4 G 2047 2048 -1
: Both 5 G 4999
: Striped 6 G 5999
: Concatenated 8 G 6143 3 * 2048 -1
: Striped 13 G 12999
: Striped 15 G 14335 7 * 2048 -1
 

: For some reason, we are unable to create 2999m, 3999m, 7999m,
: 14999m on 3G, 4G, 8G and 15 G raw devices respectively.
 

: Your inputs will be greatly appreciated.
 

: Looking forward to your inputs.
 

: Sincerely yours
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Maybe all yours partitions must be on cylinder boundaries ? If not, please describe your problem in more details. What error message did you get ?

Cheers

Mario Simic
ORACLE application programmer & DBA
IN2 d.o.o.
Zagreb, Croatia Received on Sat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00:00 CST