Re: Raw space vs filesystem
------------768014FE76C17 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dinesh Salegame wrote: > I wanted to find out what are the pros and cons of using raw vs regular don't use regular files. i personally can't think of a single reason to use regular files over raw partitions, (although there pobably are a few). a database system like online is designed to take advantage of bypassing the os buffering overhead by using raw partitions, hence it is much faster using raw partitions than regular files. there are security issues as well, as people usually aren't wandering around the /dev directory as they are other places. i have never set up an online system using regular files, and probably never will. i have and would do everything i could to talk a customer out of using regular files. > Any comments on how to use the LVM in this context is greatly don't know what the lvm is... hope this helps, mickm ------------768014FE76C17 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <HTML><BODY> <DT>Dinesh Salegame wrote:<BR> <BR> > I wanted to find out what are the pros and cons of using raw vs regular<BR> <BR></DT> <DT> don't use regular files. i personally can't think of a single reason to use regular files over raw partitions, (although there </DT> <DT>pobably are a few). a database system like online is designed to take advantage of bypassing the os buffering overhead by</DT> <DT>using raw partitions, hence it is much faster using raw partitions than regular files. there are security issues as well, as people usually aren't wandering around the /dev directory as they are other places.</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT> i have never set up an online system using regular files, and probably never will. i have and would do everything i could</DT> <DT>to talk a customer out of using regular files.</DT> <DT><BR> > Any comments on how to use the LVM in this context is greatly<BR> <BR></DT> <DT> don't know what the lvm is...</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT> hope this helps,</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT> mickm</DT> </BODY> </HTML> ------------768014FE76C17--