Backup from RawDevice to FileSystem Size

Dears,
Please, my DB is running on RawDevice, for while i did not make any tests. But if i use RMAN to backup entire DB to a FileSystem, are the
backup files created by rman bigger than RawDevice?
Best regards,

Smaller than the raw disk is almost definitely a guarantee. But I would advise you to move to ASM. The performance is better, the manageability is improved, and you will gain a substantial amount of I/O tuning you can not do now.

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