if I can still find it. :) I know Kevin did say "different disks" because I remember coming home from that presentation and trying to explain to my data center people why I needed something like 17 disks for my database.
my apologies.... over the years, people have made the assumption that different tablespaces=different disks --- Cary Millsap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :) Look carefully at the OFA paper. It does *not* say to put indexes > and > data on different *disks*. It says to put them in different > *tablespaces*. > > > Cary Millsap > Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. > http://www.hotsos.com > > Upcoming events: > - Hotsos Clinic 101 in Washington, Denver, Sydney > - Hotsos Symposium 2004, March 7-10 Dallas > - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... > > > -----Original Message----- > Rachel Carmichael > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:44 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > datafiles > > yes, it's in the DBA Handbook but.... I believe I did see a paper > (with, I think, Cary's name on it. Sorry Cary!) way back when that > discussed OFA and how to set up your disks and it said to put the > indexes in a separate tablespace on a different disk > > back before the days of wait event tuning that is > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > does anyoen disagree? Didnt this get started with the 'DBA > Handbook' > > or was it a different text? > > > > > > > > From: "Mercadante, Thomas F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2003/07/15 Tue AM 11:10:05 EDT > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: RE: should you seperate indexes from tables in seperate > > datafiles > > > > > > R, > > > > > > Some of it depends on the disk storage. I have always followed > the > > > time-proven method of organizing disks and placing indexes away > > from the > > > tables they belong to. > > > > > > Our warehouse is using EMC external disk. What the warehouse > > architect did > > > was to stripe the EMC disks in such a way that all mount points > > (Sun system) > > > are spread across all the EMC disks. What this does is to spread > > all files > > > in the database across all the EMC drives. And with 4 Gig of EMC > > cache > > > available, it further disproves the theory that separing indexes > > from data > > > are required. The end result, in my case, is almost like one big > > RAM disk - > > > where all disk IO is spread across all disk. > > > > > > If you do not have this arrangement, then I would still try and > > keep indexes > > > and data away from each other. But let's face it, we *never* > have > > enough > > > disk mount points, so we end up merging things together somewhat > > anyway. > > > > > > hope this helps. > > > > > > Tom Mercadante > > > Oracle Certified Professional > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:49 AM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > There has been alot of literature stating that you will recieve > > performance > > > improvements by seperating indexes and tables across multiple I/O > > points. > > > > > > Ie... you have a tables tablespace and an index tablespace. If > you > > put them > > > on seperate hard drives, you will have less I/O contention. > > > > > > Now Im seeing some articles stating that this is not true. That > > oracle > > > actually accesses indexes and tables serially. Now it might be > > useful > > > seperate indexes from tables for maintenance purposes but this > wont > > lower > > > I/O contention. > > > > > > Can anyone chime in on this? Curious to see where the evidence is > > leading? > > > > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > > -- > > > Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting > > services > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and > in > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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