Re: [firebird-support] Use all space or not on large restore?

2013-09-08 Thread Kjell Rilbe
Den 2013-09-07 15:35 skrev fabianoas...@gmail.com såhär: Do not use this in production databases. It is intended to be used in read only databases, when no writes is allowed and space is critical, like shipping a catalog product in a cdrom. Em 07/09/2013 09:18, Kjell Rilbe

[firebird-support] Use all space or not on large restore?

2013-09-07 Thread Kjell Rilbe
Hi, I intend to upgrade my ~100 Gbyte database to new ODS (for FB 2.5) using backup/restore cycle. For this database, each table has a PK that's strictly incremental, but not contiguous (the same contiguous sequence is used for all tables due to a framework I use = not my personal choice).

Re: [firebird-support] Use all space or not on large restore?

2013-09-07 Thread fabianoaspro
Do not use this in production databases. It is intended to be used in read only databases, when no writes is allowed and space is critical, like shipping a catalog product in a cdrom. Em 07/09/2013 09:18, Kjell Rilbe kjell.ri...@datadia.se escreveu: ** Hi, I intend to upgrade my ~100 Gbyte

[firebird-support] Use all space or not on large restore?

2013-09-07 Thread Kjell Rilbe
Hi, I intend to upgrade my ~Gbyte database to new ODS (for FB 2.5) using backup/restore cycle. For this database, each table has a PK that's strictly incremental, but not contiguous (the same contiguous sequence is used for all tables due to a framework I use = not my personal choice). Most

Re: [firebird-support] Use all space or not on large restore?

2013-09-07 Thread Doug Chamberlin
You seem to not be solving a problem but only looking to improve something. What are you trying to improve? I say you are just looking for trouble by changing something that is not a problem.

Re: [firebird-support] Use all space or not on large restore?

2013-09-07 Thread Ann Harrison
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Kjell Rilbe kjell.ri...@datadia.se wrote: I'm considering if use all space would be a good idea or not. I think I understand its effect on indices: fill index pages completely vs. leave 25% free space on each index page for new entries. Unh, no. Use All