Re: Increase tablespace, which way is better?

2003-07-20 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! Also, there is (or was?) a tradeoff between size and number of datafiles. Before 8i, ifI recall correctly, all datafile headers had to be physicallyvisited (header SCN changes were written) before a checkpoint could finish. If you got thousands of files, this adds significant

Re: Increase tablespace, which way is better?

2003-07-19 Thread Jos
Please correct me if I am wrong. With option 1, the datafile will dynamically extend, 1M at a time and there is no guarantee the datafile is contiguous on disk. That will increase your I/O time when Oracle need to find data all over the disk. And also with autoextend, you may run out of space on

RE: Increase tablespace, which way is better?

2003-07-19 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
prefer to add files. Raj -Original Message-From: Stephane Paquette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:15 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Increase tablespace, which way is better? Why not just resizing the file ? alter database

Re: Increase tablespace, which way is better?

2003-07-18 Thread AK
Title: Message what are u gaining in #1 . -ak - Original Message - From: Liu, Jack To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:29 PM Subject: Increase tablespace, which way is better? Hi, I want to increase tablespace, just

RE: Increase tablespace, which way is better?

2003-07-18 Thread Stephane Paquette
Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of AKSent: Friday, July 18, 2003 4:59 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: Increase tablespace, which way is better? what are u gaining in #1 . -ak - Original Message - From

RE: Increase tablespace, which way is better?

2003-07-18 Thread David Wagoner
Title: Message My first question is: Why are you adding a data file named "users" to your SYSTEM tablespace? Do you mean to add this to your USERS tablespace? Next, if you have an idea about the data growth or size of objects that you will place in the new datafile then you can better

RE: Increase tablespace, which way is better?

2003-07-18 Thread Liu, Jack
ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Increase tablespace, which way is better? Why not just resizing the file ? alter database datafile . resize 500M; Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees Database Administrator Standard Life www.standardlife.ca Tel