[U2] Unidata Dynamic files

2007-07-05 Thread Jeff Butera
hpux, unidata 7.1.8 More in my quest to understand dynamic files in Unidata. I understand that split and merge load are not universal constants and many file factors affect the optimal values for them. What I don't understand is why you'd want a split load of something like 20 in any

Re: [U2] Unidata Dynamic files

2007-07-05 Thread Scott Richardson
, July 05, 2007 9:44 AM Subject: [U2] Unidata Dynamic files hpux, unidata 7.1.8 %- snip Of course, I'm dealing with a headache of a dynamic file that just isn't happy. In short, it's got about 33,000,000 records, each in under 512 in size with purely integer keys. I can create a dynamic

RE: [U2] Unidata Dynamic files

2007-07-05 Thread Dave Davis
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Butera Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:44 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Unidata Dynamic files hpux, unidata 7.1.8 More in my quest to understand dynamic files in Unidata. I understand that split and merge load are not universal constants and many

Re: [U2] Unidata Dynamic files

2007-07-05 Thread Timothy Snyder
What I don't understand is why you'd want a split load of something like 20 in any circumstance. Perhaps it's my misunderstanding of split load, but I take it to mean that when a group reaches 20% full, it will split it into two different groups. For KEYONLY dynamic files, the split and

Re: [U2] Unidata Dynamic files

2007-07-05 Thread Wally Terhune
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Re: [U2] Unidata Dynamic files

2007-07-05 Thread Jeff Butera
it would help to have some specific information about your file - such as - what is the split/merge type? Here you go Wally. :) Number of groups in file (modulo) = 4766568 Minimum groups of file= 1192027 Hash type = 0, blocksize = 1024 Split load = 20, Merge load = 10