Re: Raw device specification

Posted in 1999

Octav Chiriac — Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:38:18 +0300 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 03:54:30PM +0800, Matthew Tan wrote: > Thanks for help guys regarding the question on Raw device vs Cook device. > > Thankfully, we are getting a new hardisk soon, so I would be able to use it > as a raw device. > > I wondering is there any difference of partitioning it into 8 partition each > of 1 GB size so that I put different dbspaces into each partition OR or one > big partition and use offset for each dbspace ? You certanly can not use one big partition. Remember "offset+chunk size" can not be larger than 2Gb. So as I understand you have to partition you disk in at least 4 partitions 2Gb each. > Any tips on creating raw device ? > > I am currently running on AlphaServer 1200 on Digital Unix 4.0d, and > mirroring of hardisks. Best Regards, Octav -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com