I haven't yet, but I'm getting the feeling that ext3 is not preferred. If not, then what? I've already had ext2 trash my entire "/", even though I was doing a mke2fs on a separate RAID MP, so that's not an option. JFS? XFS? FAT? WHY one over the other? Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mladen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:15 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Moving db to linux > > > And, in case you hit one of the infamous ext3 corruption > bugs, you can > test the RMAN performance, as well. > On 02/26/2004 09:39:00 AM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote: > > ext3 does direct I/O? What's the mount option and where's > it documented? > > I've been using "noatime" to get a little better performance on DB > > mountpoints, but that's about it. > > > > TIA, > > Rich ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------