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It  is  possible  to  use  raw  devices  as data files and what is the advantages over file. system files ?
 
Yes.
 
The advantages over file system files.
 
I/O  will  be  improved  because  Oracle  is  bye-passing the kernnel which writing into disk.
Disk Corruption will be very less.



  
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June 24, 2008 10:36:27   #1  
prashatt Member Since: April 2006   Contribution: 4    

RE: It  is  possible  to  use  raw  devices  as data files and what is the advantages over file. system files ?
Raw devices are controlled by the database engine so the OS kernel can be bypassed when using raw devices. System files reside on filesystem, filesystem is addressed by the kernel. So everytime a database request comes the kernel handles the request to fetch data from the system file. The kernel activities are done directly by the database engine in raw devices.
 
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