Here''s an interesting read about forthcoming Oracle 11g file system performance. Sadly, there is now information about how this works. It will be interesting to compare it with ZFS Performance, as soon as ZFS is tuned for Databases. ---- "Speed and performance will be the hallmark of the 11g, said Chuck Rozwat, executive vice president for server technologies. The new database will run fast enough so that for the first time it will beat specialized filed systems for transferring large blocks of data. Rozwat displayed test results that showed that the 11g beta is capable of transferring 1GB in just under 9 seconds compared to 12 seconds for a file system. This level of performance is important to customers who are demanding instant access to data, Rozwat said. "If systems can''t perform fast enough and deliver information in real time, we are in real trouble," Rozwat said." http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2036136,00.asp -- This messages posted from opensolaris.org