Re: Archive / Logical Log Backup To Disk

Sujit.Pal@alltel.com offerred: : Logical logs and archives can be done to tape or to disk using the : methods described in this NG. If they are done to disk, they are : **always** done to cooked file system space. The choice of using raw : space or cooked space is for dbspaces. Well actually, no. There is no technical reason you could not back up to a raw device. In unix, a file is a file, more or less. You could open a raw device, seek it, write to it, read from it, and close it, just as you would a unix file, or a tape device. Now, whether it is *wise* or *advisable* to archive to raw disk is another matter. But it is possible. Dave ********** "Everybody plays the fool, sometimes."