With raw you also have the risk that someone unfamiliar with the box will
come along and think it's spare disk, and use it to grow a filesystem.
That's the main reason I don't use raw disk.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:cookde AT BP DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:46 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Raw Devices
>
>
> I have both in use...
> with JFS file systems you get the benefit of journaling...
> with raw you get the benefit of having the entire device
> available for use &
> reduction of the overhead of journaling
> and with raw you don't have to spend time doing dsmfmt against them...
>
> Dwight
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eduardo Martinez [mailto:mcjeduardo AT YAHOO DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Raw Devices
>
>
> Hi *SMers.
>
> Anyone of you has worked with raw devices on UNIX instead of defining
> your storage areas with dsmfmt over filesystems?
> Do I have any improvement by using them or do I have to avoid
> their use
> at all?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Regards.
>
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