Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > Hi Hans/Vikas, > > I tend to agree that the old draconian rule that "thou > shalt always separate indexes from tables" may not > apply any more. We used to apply that principle in the > past when the number of available spindles was not > adequate. Seems like with 256G drives in the market, > we are being pushed back in time, in some way!!!
however as was mentioned before, i do separate them for ease of operational maintainence. things like backups, rebuilds, and all the other things to recover from user input.;-) so call me old fashioned, just don't call me late for the food.;-) PS hi Gaja.;-) -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA "I'm going to work my ticket if I can..." -- Gilwell song [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. - Albert Einstein -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Thater, William 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).