RE: [Maybe Spam] Re: Informix device permissions after SuSE reboot

-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Art S. Kagel Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 6:07 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: [Maybe Spam] Re: Informix device permissions after SuSE reboot On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:08:07 -0400, Neil Truby wrote: > "Doug Lawry" <lawry@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message > news:cbh1po$lis$1@nntp0.reith.bbc.co.uk... >> On Suse 2.4.19, we also had to add a "chown" command to: >> >> /etc/init.d/boot.local > OK. > > >> Also, you should use raw (character) rather than block devices. > > Does it make any difference with OnLine? > >Yes. I have not yet tested the Linux RAW support myself, but I have heard >it's on a par with other UNIX raw device support as to the speed gains over >block devices. That is that RAW (char devices) can be 10-25% faster than >COOKED (block) devices and either are another 5-15% faster than filesystem >chunks in IDS. Is this true for Oracle as well ? I know we are talking below the DB, about the opsys, but the new Oracle DBA here says that Oracle prefers cooked files, and that it is not slower on cooked than on raw devices ... :-o Dirk ________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 2374 Spam messages and set aside 833 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com sending to informix-list