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> Create an operating system specifically for the database and make it so you boot the database.

I have the impression that this is similar to the adhoc filesystem idea; this seems in principle very advantageous (why employing two layers that do approximately the same thing on top of each other?), but in reality, when implemented (by Oracle), it lead to only a minor improvement (a few % points, AFAIR).




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