The raw devices are available as soon as you boot your system. So you don't
need special initialization to use it. In fact, you just use it as
'/dev/rrzc8b' as datafile (in Oracle's vocabulary) instead of
'/u01/sybase/...'.
I don't know Sybase (I know Oracle) but I recommend you to investigate LSM
volumes (don't mind if to use RAID or not) as raw devices because it has
advanteges against Unix partitions. For example, your disk supports only 7
"raw devices" (partitions a to h), meanwhile with LSM you can define
hundreds of "raw devices" (volumes) in the same disk. I use this feature
with Oracle databases and it works fine.
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Lic. Edgardo S. Safranchik
Tecnología Informática
Gerencia de Sistemas
Aluar Aluminio Argentino SAIC
TE: (5411)-4725-8000 (ext 2262)
email: esafran_at_aluar.com.ar
> Hi All,
> I am running an alpha server with TRU64 UNIX v4.0f with Sybase 11.5.1.
> I have very stupid question but I don't know this
> When use RAW devices are needed mount this first?
> EX: I format partition b with RAW on /dev/rrzc8 1.5 GB
> How use this in the system for mount database?
> Thank for your help
> Ing. Juan Carlos Burbano
> ASE Compaq & MCSE
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 25 1999 - 18:27:18 NZDT