RE: Async IO

  • From: Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:49:49 +0800

Quoting "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought HPUX only supported
> async IO on raw disks, not on file systems.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:21 PM
> 
>       Here's the configuration:  HP-UX Itanium flavor (11.23) with
> Oracle 9.2.0.5.
> 
>       Question: is anyone with this configuration using async IO to
> any or all of their file systems?  If so what have been the benefits and
> pitfalls?
> 

IIRC, it supports asyncio in file systems when vxfs (Veritas)
is used.  That's a separately priced option and needs to be sourced
separate from the vanilla standard HP-UX. A lot of Hp sites do
have it.


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