raw devices

I saw a post here arround 2007 talking about how raw devices where going to be deprecated, about the O_DIRECT flag etc. etc. I also red something about it in wikipedia. What is current situation of raw devices 2016? The asked me if they could start a sds and I need the shared filesystem. They have cooked files and to make a shared filesystem (for free I guess) they told me they can only do it in raw devices. As always thanks in advance.

Raw devices are still supported by Informix and always will be. The issue you remember is that Linux keeps de-supporting RAW devices, but so far every time they remove the support someone puts it back in, so for now even Linux still supports RAW. Art Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant ASK Database Management www.askdbmgt.com Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:18 AM, JACOBO BALBUENA <jacobo.bc@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw a post here arround 2007 talking about how raw devices where going > to be > deprecated, about the O_DIRECT flag etc. etc. I also red something about > it in > wikipedia. > > What is current situation of raw devices 2016? The asked me if they could > start a sds and I need the shared filesystem. They have cooked files and to > make a shared filesystem (for free I guess) they told me they can only do > it > in raw devices. > > As always thanks in advance. > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001a113eb9b276fb2d05304ca726