RE: Optimal log volume size

2004-06-18 Thread "Döhr, Markus ICC-H"
> Of course it depends on your data traffic. > We have for example a 120 GByte database which mostly has an > increase of 2-4 GByte/month. > We have a 1GByte Log volumne which is sufficient enough if > your are doing daily log backups. I think 50% (60GByte) of > Log space would be a little bit o

Re: Optimal log volume size

2004-06-18 Thread Georg Thome
Andris Spruds wrote: Hello, How can I tell what's the optimal size for log volume(s)? I know the question has been asked before, but I could find no satisfactory answers, also in MaxDB documentation there is information on log volumes in general, but not about how to choose their size. Thank you in

Re: Optimal log volume size

2004-06-18 Thread Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter
I think that a very large log size has no other effects than waste of disk space... If you need a very really large log volumn, probably you are using wrong backup strategies. When anyone need a log > 60% data, is because it's running in ETL (data import/export). In this case, you can deactiva

Re: Optimal log volume size

2004-06-18 Thread Andris Spruds
Hi, >>if you define a too small log size, you will have a lot of log backups, decreasing general database performance. I have just one question left: what are the consequences if I define too large log size? >>I expect this been helpful. Thank you very much for your asnwer. Indeed, it helped me

Re: Optimal log volume size

2004-06-18 Thread Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter
Hi, Andris. There is no cake recipt for log size. You should evaluate you app log consumption, and define the ideal values. But, since there is tips every where (any decent SQL database administration course will tell you): 1) For general purpose transaction related apps, use about 25% of data si

Optimal log volume size

2004-06-18 Thread Andris Spruds
Hello, How can I tell what's the optimal size for log volume(s)? I know the question has been asked before, but I could find no satisfactory answers, also in MaxDB documentation there is information on log volumes in general, but not about how to choose their size. Thank you in advance, Best rega