I
would have to agree, it is not going to actually defrag the datafile
itself. NT defrag is not taking apart files and putting them back
together, it moves files around. It is going to consider the db file one
big file, it might not do anything at all to defrag.
Kev
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacques Kilchoer
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Subject: RE: Does NT write to random locations on disk?> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Ron L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> I wouldn't think you would want to reorg an Oracle tablespace
> with an NT
> defrag utility. You would corrupt the data.Forgive my ignorance, but in a datafile on a file-system-based disk, doesn't Oracle go through the OS to access the files on disk? Why would an NT defrag utility cause a problem? I think I'll go try it myself on a test database this week-end (time permitting).
