Re: AW: [HACKERS] RAW I/O device - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck)
Subject Re: AW: [HACKERS] RAW I/O device
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Msg-id m11vKo4-0003kGC@orion.SAPserv.Hamburg.dsh.de
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In response to AW: [HACKERS] RAW I/O device  (Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA@wien.spardat.at>)
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>
> Actually Oracle has features that only work with raw/io, e.g. parallel
> server.
> Once you know how to handle the raw devs they are a lot more convenient
> than flat files. If you have a 100 Gb + DB raw dev is the only way to go.
>

    I've  seen  a  800+  GB  Oracle database using filesystem and
    performing well.  But  that  needs  a  GOOD  filesystem,  not
    something like ext2.


Jan

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