mjm@atti07.ATT.COM (Michael Matthews x7776) (02/24/90)
Request for info, I am currently taking an ORACLE course. However, the course is given on a VAX running VMS and the instructors only know that environment. I am concerned strictly with the UNIX implementation and they cannot help me. Can anyone answer quickly the following questions for me: How does ORACLE manifest itself in the UNIX file system? - Is it a collection of files or one central file? - Does it have the capabilty to use raw disk partitions? - Is the product easy to administer ( especially if raw IO is used ) ? You may editorialize on this point. -- Mike Matthews IMS / IOS Basking Ridge, NJ attibr!atti07!mjm
corpspt@oracle.com (David E. Anderson) (02/27/90)
In article <372@atti07.ATT.COM> mjm@atti07.ATT.COM (Michael Matthews x7776) writes: > >How does ORACLE manifest itself in the UNIX file system? > >- Is it a collection of files or one central file? > >- Does it have the capabilty to use raw disk partitions? > >- Is the product easy to administer ( especially if raw IO is used ) ? > You may editorialize on this point. > >-- >Mike Matthews >IMS / IOS >Basking Ridge, NJ >attibr!atti07!mjm Oracle data is stored in a set of one or more pieces of pre-allocated disk storage, where each piece may be a Unix file or a raw partition. The Data Base Administrator may add additional pieces, as needed. Note that tables may span files/partitions. Once a raw device has been added to a database, there is no difference in administration. David RDBMS Group U.S. Support