----- Original Message ----- > the striped array. However, this does not improve access time. If you > have your tables and indexes on the same striped array, necessarily the > two I/O's have to be done sequentially, incurring two times access time > at a minimum. However, if you separate the two into different arrays, > then you can access them in parallel, starting to get data from each > disk array in 1* access time.
YOU can do that. But Oracle doesn't. Strictly: first indexes, then data pointed to by those indexes. So, no point from the performance perspective in separating. From other perspectives, heaps of reasons. But NOT from the performance perspective. Cheers Nuno Souto [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Nuno Souto 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).