use buffer size = 1045760 (10Mb with commit = Y).
If there of columns with LOB then it is going to be slow.

HTH



> Hello,
>
> I don't understand very well the buffer_size parameter and how to use  it.
> with imp tool.
>
> If I read the help:
>
> BUFFER
>
> Default: operating system-dependent
>
> The integer specified for BUFFER is the size, in bytes, of the buffer
> through which data rows are transferred.
>
> BUFFER determines the number of rows in the array inserted by Import.
> The following formula gives an approximation of the buffer size that
> inserts a given array of rows:
>
> buffer_size * rows_in_array * maximum_row_size
>
>
> I have a database with 3 big tables (each containing between 9 and 13
> billions rows).
> The others 60 tables contains about 5 and 20000 rows.
>
> The biggest table is:
>
> SQL> describe gesten3.grandeur_mesure;
>  Nom                                       NULL ?   Type
>  -----------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------
>  ID_GRANDEUR                               NOT NULL NUMBER(15)
>  DATE_AQUISITION                           NOT NULL DATE
>  VALEUR                                             FLOAT(126)
>  VALIDITE                                           NUMBER(1)
>  ID_TYPE_ACQUISITION                                NUMBER(15)
>  UTILISATION                                        NUMBER(15)
>  ID_COMPTEUR                                        NUMBER(15)
>  ID_TYPE_GRANDEUR                                   NUMBER(15)
>  ID_UNITE                                           NUMBER(15)
>  ID_HISTORISATION                          NOT NULL NUMBER(15)
>
> SQL>
>
> Small tables, of course are imported very rapidly, but this table take
> several hour to finish import.
> How to improve that ?
>
> This database is running 8.1.7.2 under Solaris 8.
>
> Thanks for your help and have a nice day.
>
> Jean Berthold
>
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