RE: Setting PCTFREE & PCTUSED in a Datawarehouse

2001-07-02 Thread paquette stephane
In a datawarehouse, unless your ETL processes are very slow and your loading window is quite small, you should always favor the reading performance over the loading performance. I want to have the maximum rows per block so my pctfree is always near 0 and pctused high. You do not delete often in a

RE: Setting PCTFREE & PCTUSED in a Datawarehouse

2001-06-29 Thread Vikas Kawatra
Thanks Lisa ! -Original Message- Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 10:21 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Hi Vikas, The docs should have discussed the reason why. High pctused can lead to a block going on and off the freelist frequently as deletes/inserts are processed, an

RE: Setting PCTFREE & PCTUSED in a Datawarehouse

2001-06-29 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: Setting PCTFREE & PCTUSED in a Datawarehouse Hi Vikas, The docs should have discussed the reason why.  High pctused can lead to a block going on and off the freelist frequently as deletes/inserts are processed, and also can leave the amount of free space inadequate for a