RAC on RAW device

1) Hi I am configuring rac on raw device 9i on aix5.Whether i can create a datafile morethan 1 gb in raw device.Can anybody give one example with creating a tablespace with a raw device configuration.The steps have to follow
2) why we cannot store archivelogs on rawdevices
with regards
ramya

1)Whether we can store RMAN backup on RAW devices .
Answer : Yes, you can, just create the raw partition and point out the destination when you use the rman command. or you can take a backup to the local file system first and then move to raw device.
2)whether we can do the export on RAW devices
Answer : Same as No.1
3) Whether we can create a 2gb datafile on RAW devices
Answer : Yes, you can.
I hope it would be helpful to you.

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