RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-21 Thread Niall Litchfield
Jonathan wrote I'd test what happens if the algorithm says 'I need a 64m extent' and there is (say) 24m free space left. IIRC you do get an 'unable to allocate extent blah' error but I can't swear to it, and it wouldn't at all surprise me if the behaviour changed in a later release.

Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-19 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
ED] 03/17/2003 12:28 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring) No.. that should be: With great power comes great responsibility. Regards Jonathan

Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-18 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring) No.. that should be: With great power comes great responsibility. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Now available One-day tutorials:

RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Alex If you do not specify the UNDO TABLESPACE when creating the database then AUTOEXTEND is set to ON. I was able to alter that to OFF. The point of the UNDO is that it is automatically managed by Oracle. If you can't cope with that, or you decide that doesn't work well for you, then you

Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Yet another reason for avoiding Automatic Undo - one little accident can haunt you for ages. It's also a major pain to find out exactly what does go on in extreme cases because of the massive delay between UNDO becoming redundant and smon dropping it. Regards Jonathan Lewis

RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Jared . Still
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring) Alex If you do not specify the UNDO TABLESPACE when creating the database then AUTOEXTEND is set to ON. I was able to alter that to OFF. The point of the UNDO

RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring) Alex If you do not specify the UNDO TABLESPACE when creating the database then AUTOEXTEND is set to ON. I was able to alter that to OFF

RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring) Alex If you do not specify the UNDO TABLESPACE when creating the database then AUTOEXTEND is set to ON. I was able to alter

RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Jared . Still
[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring) Jared - When it comes to comparing databases, a lot comes down to perception. Oracle would like to market itself to small sites that don't even have a DBA, otherwise if forfeits those accounts

RE: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
(was Re: LMT monitoring) Jared - When it comes to comparing databases, a lot comes down to perception. Oracle would like to market itself to small sites that don't even have a DBA, otherwise if forfeits those accounts to Microsoft. Now, when the MS salesperson says Oracle takes a lot more maintenance

Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Jonathan Lewis
No.. that should be: With great power comes great responsibility. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Now available One-day tutorials: Cost Based Optimisation Trouble-shooting and Tuning Indexing Strategies (see http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/tutorial.html )

Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Ron Thomas
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Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Jared . Still
yes, well, that too. :) Jonathan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/17/2003 12:28 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring

Re: Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-17 Thread Connor McDonald
: LMT monitoring) No.. that should be: With great power comes great responsibility. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Now available One-day tutorials: Cost Based Optimisation Trouble-shooting and Tuning Indexing Strategies (see http

Autoallocate (was Re: LMT monitoring)

2003-03-16 Thread Alex Feinstein
How about UNDO tablespace in 9.2? It gets created with autoallocate, and there is no way to change it or specify any parameters for undo segments. Each segment extended as needed, and when shrinked deallocated some extents not necessary the last, than allocate new extent. Alex. - Original

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-12 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Based on these two points: The version is 8.1.7.1.0 The table is populated by sqlldr direct path. I have a bit of gossip (i.e. someone I know told me that someone he knows told him that he'd heard that ...) there have been cases where parallel execution slaves have applied extent trimming in

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-12 Thread Niall Litchfield
ORACLE-LSubject: RE: LMT monitoring Here is my interpretation of algorithm suggested by Conner, (I'll get to others too) /* CASE WHEN initial_extent 1m THEN CASE WHEN EXTENTS 16 THEN NEXT = 64k, WHEN EXTENTS 80 THEN NEXT = 1m, WHEN EXTENTS 200 THEN NEXT = 8m, ELSE NEXT

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-12 Thread Jonathan Lewis
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RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-11 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
] Subject: RE: LMT monitoring 03/10/2003 02:02 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L As mydata load continues, the saga continues. The simplistic algorithm does not hold Can anyone explain

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-11 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
The version is 8.1.7.1.0 The report is via this query: SELECT partition_name, extent_id, bytes/1024, bytes/1024/1024 FROM dba_extents WHERE segment_name = 'FORMATTER_DATA_HISTORY' ANDowner = 'KEVIN' ORDER BY 1, 2 The file is not autoextent. The table is populated by

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-11 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: LMT monitoring Connor, What on earth you are doing on this list immediately after your Wedding? Which cruise liner has internet access?? I think Disney has ... ps: Thanks for the algorithm, let me implement and see how good my data dictionary holds up. Raj

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-11 Thread Connor McDonald
Not that this helps Raj much, but the algorithm does vary if the initial size of the segment is large, along the lines of: case when initial_extent 1m then case when extents 16 then next = 64k, when extents 80 then next = 1m, when extents 200 then next

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-11 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: LMT monitoring Here is my interpretation of algorithm suggested by Conner, (I'll get to others too) /* CASE WHEN initial_extent 1m THEN CASE WHEN EXTENTS 16 THEN NEXT = 64k, WHEN EXTENTS 80 THEN NEXT = 1m, WHEN EXTENTS 200 THEN NEXT = 8m, ELSE NEXT = 64m WHEN

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Sounds like you are using LMTs with system allocation - wait until you get to LMTs with system allocation and ASS management. Your problem is one of my favourite reasons for sticking to LMTs with uniform extent management. (see www.dbazine.com for an article wrote on LMTs). There is something

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Raj Are you using autoallocate or uniform extents. If you are using autoallocate, wouldn't uniform extents make your task easier? Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:29 AM To: Multiple

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I admit to being sleep-deprived but I don't see how there is a difference between monitoring dictionary managed and locally managed tablespaces when you are talking about the inability to allocate another extent. It seems relatively simple to me: check the size of the next extent that will be

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: LMT monitoring Rachel, in case of auto allocate, oracle used 4 or 5 (experts don't even agree on if it is 4 or 5) fixed sizes (64k ...) and based on number of existing extents it will choose when an extent of next size should be allocated. The problem is there is no set formula

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: LMT monitoring -Original Message- From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] It seems relatively simple to me: check the size of the next extent that will be allocated (this can be calculated, regardless of auto allocate, uniform or dictionary managed next

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
There are three (3) types of LMTs (yes, three!) UNIFORM Extent sizes Every extent created in the tablespace will be the same size, no matter the storage parameters specified. AUTOALLOCATE (System managed) The system will decide the next extent size at creation. This is based on a large number of

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I thought (never having used autoallocate) that there was a set formula for the allocation (I did mention I was sleep-deprived, didn't I?) Raj explained there is not and so I must apologize! --- Jacques Kilchoer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Rachel Carmichael

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Daniel W. Fink
ndo, FL Sunday, April 27 8:30am - 4:30pm - Problem Solving with Oracle 9i SQL Wednesday, May 1 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Automatic Undo Internals Jamadagni, Rajendra wrote: RE: LMT monitoring Rachel, in case of auto allocate, oracle used 4 or 5 (experts don't even ag

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Kevin For Raj's purposes, is it possible to estimate a range? I'm thinking he really just needs an estimate to see if he is getting close. Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:40 PM To: Multiple

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: LMT monitoring I was hoping someone would have the definitive answer! A rough formula (derived from experimental observation) seems to be: current object next extent size (x) size -- --- 0M x = 1M 64K 1M x = 64M 1M 64M x = 1G 8M 1G x 64M e.g

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I *knew* I had talked to someone about a formula for this thanks! I'm only half as crazy as I thought I was. --- Daniel W. Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my testing, I have found the following autoallocate alogrithm. The first 16 extents are 64k in size. The subsequent allocation

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Ehresmann, David
If you read Jonathan Gennick's LMT article from the Nov/Dec 2000 Oracle Magazine he discusses the possible extent sizes, i.e. 64k, 1M, 8M, and finally 64M. http://www.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/00-nov/index.html?o60o8i.html David Ehresmann. -Original Message-From: Daniel W. Fink

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
According to a good email from Dan Fink (which I've since checked to 83 extents), the size of the extents is based soley on extent counts #extentsnext extent size 1-1564k 16-79 1m 80-199 8m 200-

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
As mydata load continues, the saga continues. The simplistic algorithm does not hold Can anyone explain these results? PARTITION_NAME EXTENT_ID BYTES/1024 BYTES/1024/1024 -- -- -- --- FINS_FM_DATA_CLOSED_200207

RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Ron Thomas
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RE: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: LMT monitoring Kevin, Dennis, JK and DF Thanks for your input ... I am working on something to map out the extent list ... to find a pattern Raj - Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com Any views expressed here

Re: LMT monitoring

2003-03-10 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Which version of Oracle ? How are you getting the report ? Is the file autoextent - if so at what unit ? How are you filling the table ? Is the tablespace ASS Managed ? Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Now available One-day tutorials: Cost Based Optimisation