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2002-12-10 Thread Yechiel Adar
files left, right and centre...It took > > >> > literally days to clean up millions of (zero byte > > >> > size) files...after which point that file system > > >> > needed to be rebuilt anyway, the directory structure > > >> > was in such a mess > >

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2002-12-10 Thread Yechiel Adar
n such a mess > > > > > > Cheers > > > Connor > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Arup, > > > > > > > > What Connor may have been referring to is the > > > > inefficiency

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2002-12-09 Thread oraora oraora
It took > >> > literally days to clean up millions of (zero byte > >> > size) files...after which point that file system > >> > needed to be rebuilt anyway, the directory structure > >> > was in such a mess > >> > > >> >

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2002-12-09 Thread chao_ping
s >> > Connor >> > >> > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Arup, >> > > >> > > What Connor may have been referring to is the >> > > inefficiency >> > > of managing 20 million files in a filesystem. >> > > >> > &

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2002-12-09 Thread oraora oraora
des ( assuming unix ). It's a > > > bit much > > > for a filesystem to deal with. > > > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Arup Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sen

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2002-12-04 Thread Connor McDonald
lot of inodes ( assuming unix ). It's a > > bit much > > for a filesystem to deal with. > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Arup Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

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2002-12-04 Thread Mark J. Bobak
; bit much > > for a filesystem to deal with. > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Arup Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 12/03/2002 07:14 AM > > Please respond to ORAC

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2002-12-03 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
a > bit much > for a filesystem to deal with. > > Jared > > > > > > > "Arup Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 12/03/2002 07:14 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

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2002-12-03 Thread Cary Millsap
TECTED] > 12/03/2002 07:14 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject:Re: image storage confusion > ?? > > > Connor, > > I seem to th

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2002-12-03 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
ed > > > > > > > "Arup Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 12/03/2002 07:14 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

RE: image storage confusion ??

2002-12-03 Thread Wong, Bing
I would test it on raw disk device because it avoids double buffering. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Guys , i posted this already and this time my question is a bit different . I have to store 20,000,000 images of

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2002-12-03 Thread JApplewhite
ephane Paquette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: im

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2002-12-03 Thread Connor McDonald
> Jared > > > > > > > "Arup Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 12/03/2002 07:14 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

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2002-12-03 Thread Jared . Still
CTED] 12/03/2002 07:14 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Re: image storage confusion ?? Connor, I seem to think otherwise. Storing 100 GB of image is not necessarily a pretty prop

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2002-12-03 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
oraora I've provided a couple of thoughts before in response to this issue, but I think that the only way you will get a satisfactory answer is to code a simple test. I hope someone else has extensive experience with 5k images and will reply to you. However, I think the answer to your question w

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2002-12-03 Thread Stephane Paquette
You should/must do a benchmark. If not, how can you justify your decision ? If your management do not ask for a benchmack then you have bad management (and that's no good for you either...) Anyway, in a previous life, we did a benchmarck with files of similar size and it was faster on the OS. The

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2002-12-03 Thread Fink, Dan
Excellent points all around. I am dealing with these issues currently. The original design was to use BFILE and external files. Now, they are leaning towards BLOBs. Here are some points to consider. If the system design calls for a standby or other backup site, you have to remember to replicate da

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2002-12-03 Thread Arup Nanda
Connor, I seem to think otherwise. Storing 100 GB of image is not necessarily a pretty proposition either when you consider hot backups and archived log generation, etc. I presume you are concerned about the management of the image files considering the sheer volume of it. But that's precisely wha

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2002-12-03 Thread Connor McDonald
Managing 20mil of anything (images/text/etc) in a file system isn't a nice proposition. Go with the database hth connor --- oraora oraora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys , i posted this already and this time my > question is a bit > different . > > I have to store 20,000,000 images of 5k

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2002-12-03 Thread oraora oraora
Guys , i posted this already and this time my question is a bit different . I have to store 20,000,000 images of 5k each either in DB ( on win2k) or linux o/s file system. the images are to be displayed over mobile phones.so the time to retrieve the images should be minimum. for this to be