Dennis, I think the paper you ae thinking of is "Makingthe decision to use raw devices", and it's MetaLink Doc ID 29676.1. It was written by this guy named Cary Millsap, who seems to think he knows a thing or two about Oracle performance tuning....;-)
-Mark On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:28, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > Vivek - There used to be a good paper on Oracle's website. The paper asked > the question: "If benchmarks show raw to be faster that file systems, why > don't you see a difference in production?" The answer the paper provided is > that on a well-tuned OLTP system, disk isn't the bottleneck. There are many > users performing many different tasks simultaneously, and not everyone is > sitting around waiting for disk. I looked around on Oracle's Web site, but I > can't find the paper there now. Maybe someone else will recall this paper. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 40%OCP > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 12:08 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > There is an (older) paper on www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk, > and some very good info on www.ixora.com.au > > hth > connor > > --- VIVEK_SHARMA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Any Good Docs , Links , sources ? > > > > Need to present a paper to the Managers > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: VIVEK_SHARMA > > 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). > > ===== > Connor McDonald > http://www.oracledba.co.uk > http://www.oaktable.net > > "GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. But TEACH him how to fish, > and...he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- -- Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well." -- Rene Descartes -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mark J. Bobak 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).
