Re: Setup of disk chunks for online under AIX 4.1.3

stu@ham.medlab.co.nz (Stewart Hague) wrote: >I know that buy the manual, Informix recommends using raw disk for it's disk >chunks under online, but our supplier has said that it should be configured >using "cooked" files. >They argue that the AIX operating system is reliable enough to protect the >disk updates, and the use of "cooked" files makes the set up and mamagment >much easier. >I was wondering if anyone had any facts/experiances with this. >Any feedback would be appreciated. >Thanks. Will your 'supplier's' job be on the line (as yours may be) when the system crashes with unflushed transactions still sitting in the AIX buffers? Online is designed and optimised for use with raw partitions, there are lots of reasons for this. Is your 'supplier' giving you geniune advice or does he just not want to own up to not knowing about raw partitions, what they are used for, and how they work? -- Peter Tashkoff Auckland, New Zealand e-mail ptash@iconz.co.nz