Re: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-23 Thread chris
Ron, I agree, uniform sizing is best. I hardly ever use automatic except for small development databases and small MISC tablespaces and even then I think Why didn't I use use uniform 64K ? Cheers, Chris Quoting Ron Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brad, For LMT's I prefer uniform sizing that I

Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread Odland, Brad
for LMTs... Advantages in uniform versus automatic? Uniform 5 MB? 10 MB.100MB etc thoughts would be appreciatd Thanks Brad -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Odland, Brad INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services--

Re: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread Ron Rogers
Brad, For LMT's I prefer uniform sizing that I can define to meet the needs of the data. If you use automatic the extend sizes will change drimatically as the number if extends increase. With a little planning you can have little waste in the tablespace and use the tablespace for multiple tables

RE: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
We need to start moving these discussions to freelists per Jared's note. Brad - I agree with Ron. I think it is critical to read How to quit defragmenting . . . before making the change to ensure you clearly understand the concepts and receive the benefits. If someone on the list knows of a more

Re: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread Jonathan Lewis
I think http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/08_lmt.doc is pretty good, but I'm biased. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The educated person is not the person who can answer the questions, but the person who can question the answers -- T. Schick Jr Next public

Re: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread Barbara Baker
Jonathan: I'd go a bit further than that. Your article is fantasitic. I've read How to stop defrag ... several times. It just never clicked for me. I've been migrating to LMT using your article, and it's been great. It's crystal-clear, and I really appreciate the examples. Thanks! Barb ---

Re: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread Ron Rogers
Johnathan, Very interesting article. I especially like the parts where it is not our fault it is designed that way. I agree that with proper thought and trial, a lot of perceived performance issues can be eliminated or minimized. I could really use the compress option, I guess that I will have to

RE: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Jonathan Thanks so much for posting this excellent article. Very high quality as all your writing is. This was my devious purpose in replying, in hopes something like this was out there. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Thursday,

[oracle-l] Re: Automatic or Uniform allocation

2004-01-22 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
We need to start moving these discussions to freelists per Jared's note. Brad - I agree with Ron. I think it is critical to read How to quit defragmenting . . . before making the change to ensure you clearly understand the concepts and receive the benefits. If someone on the list knows of a more