Re: Off Topic - PKZIP

2001-03-07 Thread Dave Weber
achine and then unzip it on > an NT machine? > > Ron Smith > Database Administration > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Dave Weber INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-50

Re: Tuning, RAID5, and fragmentation

2001-02-25 Thread Dave Weber
e I/0 over the volumes. I like RAID5 since it has saved my neck on more than on occasion, however, RAID 10 (1 & 0) is very nice if you need the speed for indexes and can afford to loose and reconstruct an index if necessary. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.or

Re: Oracle DBA evolution path - please share your opinion

2001-02-26 Thread Dave Weber
sses. I am an independent and work with both large and not so large companies. I am busier that ever. I developed my Java, application and server side skills using affordable tools, I am Cisco certified as well. I don't demand huge fees for consulting, and I am in demand and doing very well.

Re: Tuning, RAID5, and fragmentation and DBWR

2001-02-27 Thread Dave Weber
don't know if this will help your circumstance or not - hopefully. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Dave Weber INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet acces

Re: Rollback segment

2001-03-05 Thread Dave Weber
It depends if the are public access or private.  Bottom line if you were using them actively, you will slow down since it is likely the remaining segment will have to issue quite a few more extents to keep up with activity. Tim Sawmiller wrote: Then everybody will use the one that's left. [EMAI

Re: Oracle Licensing

2001-03-05 Thread Dave Weber
Not so far fetched.  My company lost several very large clients to DB2 and I am without a job. Martin Kendall wrote: I'm following this thread and a worrying thought has crossed my mind:-If Oracle carries on with this pricing model, soon we will all be lookingfor a new job..scary :-)Martin K