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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:10:36 -0700
From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > performance, so we came up with something called direct FS, a separate
> > File System interface just for Oracle.  The SOSD layer inside of Oracle
> 
> Yeah but you see thats ugly
> 
> > In NetWare, directFS was little more than a "raw" interface that
> > bypassed the file cache.  It would be like having an API to a direct
> > physical file system that never cached data in the buffer cache.  In
> 
> Its called O_DIRECT and kiovecs. Its already there. Much more generic than
> an 'oraclefs'

Then they should have what they need.  If they have an SOSD plugin, no
reason 
it shouldn't run.

8)

Jeff

> 
> Alan
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