> On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Ing. Pavel PaJaSoft Janousek wrote:
>
> > > other systems besides linux. Making the DB work w/ one FS (and write the
> > > storage code for it) seems pointless if we are still stuck on normal FSs
> > > on other machines.
> >
> > Yes, of course, but storing databases directly to RAW device - not
> > through the filesystem - is one feature of modern DB engines...
>
> Actually, Oracle has been moving *away* from this...more recent versions
> of Oracle recommend using the Operating System file systems, since, in
> most cases, the Operating System does a better job, and its too difficult
> to have Oracle itself optimize internal for all the different variants
> that it supports....
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