>
> 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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