Nat, totally understand. joe
Nat wrote: >Joe, > >We are planning to move to RAC. Per Oracle RAW devices is must for RAC. >As you said, Yes there is little performance gain just moving to RAC and >more work to DBA's/SA's. >But this seems to be the main requirement for RAC. > > >----- Original Message ----- >To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 8:53 AM > > >>the first question is WHY go to raw devices?, OPS/RAC? other than those >>2 reasons(and i'm not sure RAC requires it like OPS did), there is very >>little performance gain with the advances in filesystem types. >> >>just curious. >> >>joe >> >> >>Nat wrote: >> >>>We are planning to move to raw devices for all our existing file systems. >>>Our database size is around 400 Gig. What is the recommended method that >>> >you > >>>guys feel is best as far as time >>>required to convert and ease of conversion. >>> >>>We feel we cannot use export - import as this may take more time for >>>conversion.. >>>I checked many documents to find out the best method, there are few >>>suggestions to use RMAN to convert to raw. >>>seems it is fastest. At this point we have not configured RMAN on our >>>databases so this suggestion seems to be of no use for us. >>> >>>Please let me know, if any of you went through this exercise and any >>>suggestions and tips will be more beneficial, >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>> >> >>-- >>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >>-- >>Author: Joe Testa >> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >>San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >>to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). >> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joe Testa INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
