Quick I/O is part of the database edition. Direct I/O is a generic mount
option for vxfs artition (standard part of vxfs). Mounting something
convosyn=direct avoids s buffer cache for everything, whereas quick i/o
actually provides an interface for accessing the file as a raw character
device.
George
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> Direct I/O is part of the Database Edition.
>
> "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if
> both are frozen."
>
> Christopher R. Spence
> Oracle DBA
> Fuelspot
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> VxFS
>
>
> Connor,
>
> Thanks for the info. Is Direct I/O licensed with the Veritas Volume
manager
> or the Database edition?? We want to be able to avoid double buffering,
> sound like Direct I/O is what we want, however our SysAdmin insisted that
we
> need to purchase the Database edition, I thought Direct I/O came with the
> VxFS file system, maybe the SysAdmin confused Direct I/O to raw ,please
> clarify??
>
> KC
>
>
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>
> >
> >Direct IO is the capacity to perform operations
> >without the data being passed through the Unix buffer
> >cache (it goes straight to/from the disks to the
> >Oracle buffer cache)
> >
> >Quick IO is Veritas's simulation of raw datafiles - it
> >presents the file to Oracle as if it were raw.
> >
> >hth
> >connor
> >
> >--- KC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear List,
> >>
> >> What the difference between qio and direct I/O
> >> option in Veritas file system VxFS??
> >>
> >> KC
> >>
> >
> >
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