Re: Setup of disk chunks for online under AIX 4.1.3

Stewart Hague writes: -> -> ->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. When we first came up on OnLine under AIX (I think 3 1/2 years ago), we had separate databases in the same OnLine instance, 1 in raw space two in cooked space. The only trouble we ever had was the cooked chunks going down. After the second time this happened, we converted all cooked spaces to raw spaces. I wouldn't use cooked again, call me superstitious, but... Regards, - Cathy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathy Kipp e-mail: ckipp@vth1.vth.colostate.edu Phone: (970) 491-1294 Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Fax: (970) 491-1205