xenix 386, oracle, raw partitions

[don kossman]

environment:
   sco xenix 386, ast 386/25 with cache, wd1007v controller
   16 mb ram, 2 x primus esdi 750m (unformatted) drives
   excelan 405t ethernet package, oracle 5.1.17.x for xenix 386

we have been told by oracle to expect about a 30% performance gain by
using raw disk partitions instead of regular xenix files for the database
and before-image files.

the system is used exclusively as an oracle database server, clients
(about 10 386SX machines running xenix) connect to the server via
sqlnet/tcp-ip.

can someone who's tried both configurations in a similar environment
please comment?

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Don Kossman, SEI Information Technology, Los Angeles
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