Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Dec 1998 04:51:48 +0100 | From | ralf@uni-kobl ... | Subject | Re: PATCH: Raw device IO for 2.1.131 |
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On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 05:00:12PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 08:51:25PM +0000, Harald Milz wrote: > > > Well, you could still use a partition like /dev/sda1 for a database -- > > > the only issue is that this goes through the buffer cache instead of > > > reading or writing directly to the disk. > > > > Which is exactly what Oracle et al. are not going to do - for obvious > > reasons. This is not an "issue" but a showstopper. But you were kidding > > anyway, weren't you? > > Last I heard on this list, Oracle were recommending *against* "raw" > partition access now.
This was for _future_ Oracle versions, not the current ones. Quite frankly, I'm not shure if that Oracle guy's statement was a bit lunatic because on ordinary files they'll not be able to guarantee consistence under all circumstances.
Ralf
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