Map raw devices by NFS

Posted in 1999

Topics: Storage & Space Management, Platform-Specific Issues, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

Marichamy, Udaykumar — Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:25:51 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEE8F7.15B1E6B0 Content-Type: text/plain This is for AIX administrators in this group. Is it possible to map raw storage devices on IBM RS6000 (R50) to IBM RS 6000 (E30, AIX V4.3.x) using NFS? I need to use these raw devices for storing Informix chunks. If so how? IBM RS6000 E30 AIX 4.3.x. IDS 7.31 UC2 Thanks, Uday ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEE8F7.15B1E6B0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.1960.3"> <TITLE>Map raw devices by NFS</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> This is for AIX administrators in this group. Is it possible to map raw storage devices on IBM = RS6000 (R50) to IBM RS 6000 (E30, AIX V4.3.x) using NFS? I need to use = these raw devices for storing Informix chunks. If so how? IBM RS6000 E30 AIX 4.3.x. IDS 7.31 UC2 Thanks, Uday   </BODY> </HTML> ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEE8F7.15B1E6B0--

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Helmut Leininger — Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:11:09 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

"Marichamy, Udaykumar" wrote: > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEE8F7.15B1E6B0 > Content-Type: text/plain > > This is for AIX administrators in this group. > > Is it possible to map raw storage devices on IBM RS6000 (R50) to IBM RS > 6000 (E30, AIX V4.3.x) using NFS? I need to use these raw devices for > storing Informix chunks. > > If so how? > > IBM RS6000 E30 AIX 4.3.x. > IDS 7.31 UC2 > > Thanks, > > Uday > > > ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEE8F7.15B1E6B0 > Content-Type: text/html > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = > charset=3DUS-ASCII"> > <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = > 5.5.1960.3"> > <TITLE>Map raw devices by NFS</TITLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY> > > This is for AIX administrators in this group. > > > Is it possible to map raw storage devices on IBM = > RS6000 (R50) to IBM RS 6000 (E30, AIX V4.3.x) using NFS? I need to use = > these raw devices for storing Informix chunks. > > If so how? > > > IBM RS6000 E30 AIX 4.3.x. > IDS 7.31 UC2 > > > Thanks, > > > Uday >   > > > </BODY> > </HTML> > ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEE8F7.15B1E6B0-- Hi, As NFS means something like "Networked File System" and raw devices don't contain a file system, it will not be possible to access to raw devices via NFS. You could put the Informix chunks onto a file system that can be mounted via NFS. Technically possible, but most probably the performance would be bad due to NFS. Regards -- Helmut Leininger Bull AG / Vienna Unix Support Email: h.leininger@bull.at helmut.leininger@bull.net This opinion is mine and not necessarily that of my employer. No guarantees whatsoever.