Re: Informix 7.1 on Digital UNIX - raw or cooked?

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:11:19 -0400, "mail" <jcubero@iag.net> wrote: > >I am running Informix 7.1 on Digital UNIX 4.0, and getting ready to set up a >new dB with 8 gB of RAID-1 disk space. My question is whether I'm better >off using raw or cooked devices. I've heard that Digital has great Disk >I/O, and I might be better off running cooked. Can anyone confirm/deny >this, or advise as to which way to go? > It is my understanding that you are *always* better off using raw devices rather than cooked, especially if your platform supports (and you utilize) KAIO (kernel asynchronous I/O). These two factors will give you better performance. HTH Allen Jantzen