Re: SUN Concatenated file system as storage?

Posted in 1999

Richard harnden — Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:19:22 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>>> "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> 12/16/99 11:02am >>> >From: Dick.Brieck@chase.com >> >>What is the difference between cooked devices and filesystem files? I've >>assumed that >>these were the same thing. We use raw space on all of our Informix IDS >>instances. We are >They are the same thing. No they're not. Cooked devices are block-special files. Filesystem files are normal files. >>just about to switch over from SUN disks to EMC. My unix admins are >>questioning >>the speed >>differences between raw and cooked on EMC with all of its cache etc. Is >>the >>difference as >>significant in the case of EMC? >Yes.