Re: RAW devices

From: Les <les_at_malysz.com>
Date: 20 Mar 2006 11:24:06 -0800
Message-ID: <1142882646.407613.141950@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

sybrandb_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> PAKORA wrote:
> > Is it a must to use Raw devices with RAC?
> >
> > What is the justification of using RAW on standard Oracle instances?
>
>
> Speed
> Easily a factor 2 faster. If you don't want to spend your pennies on
> software volume managers, and the developers never tuned any sql
> statement: a big plus
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA

You don't need volume managers, Oracle has ASM - use that. ASM provides fail groups, striping, re-balancing (re-silvering) - all the stuff a volume manager does.

Cheers,
Les Received on Mon Mar 20 2006 - 13:24:06 CST