Re: Data Storage Issue (Basic Issue)

On Fri, 9 May 2008, Lew wrote:

> Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> Databases typically store their data in a file [1]. ... [1] Okay, so 
>> seriously heavyweight ones use disk extents/partitions and bypass the 
>> filesystem; how much of a difference does that make?
>
> Anecdotally, on a large-scale test, above five-to-one.

Yikes! That's kind of damning for filesystems. I know they do a lot of 
stuff that a raw disk doesn't but still. Wow.

tom

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