Mike Smith wrote:
>
> >
> > Doesn't Oracle run MUCH better when given raw block disk devices to store
> > data on?
>
> Oracle wants to cache it's own data, it doesn't want the buffer cache
> behind it.
Yes, now it's all coming back. It's amazing how much you can forget in
the space of a decade.
> > Could this have lead to some of the poor performance Mike Smith
> > was seeing when testing this summer?
>
> No, we were layering over the filesystem, however filesystem load was
> insignificant. The Oracle performance issues are well known, and this
> isn't one of them.
Thank you for clearing that up.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://softweyr.com/
To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
