I've seen this before and had it explained before. The explanation made sense for about ten minutes. This was one of several symptoms we were seeing with dynamic files that caused us to bring IBM in for consultation. Rober DunnMiller was the guy. I think he eats this stuff for breakfast. Very helpful. I wasn't deeply involved in resolution, so I can't tell you much.
Brad Schrag The answer to life, the universe and everything [EMAIL PROTECTED] rguson.com Sent by: To [EMAIL PROTECTED] u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org stserver.u2ug.org cc Subject 01/10/2007 01:26 [U2] UniData Dynamic File Behavior PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] er.u2ug.org Hello and happy new year! HpUx 11.11 - UniData 6.1.18 - We have a dynamic file created with KEYDATA using the default split/merge of 95/40. Monday night, an automated purge process kicked off removing approx. 310,000 plus records from this file. On Tuesday, the process was still running and the file was consuming disk space at an alarming rate. We are mystified why the deletion of records from a dynamic file would cause it to grow. It essentially split to the point of more than doubling in size (started with 3 'dat' files and 1 'ovr' file and grew to 8 'dat's and 1 'ovr'). When we resized the file in the wee hours of the morning, we reclaimed approx. 10 gig of disk space. Does anyone know what would cause a dynamic file to grow when removing records? TIA! Shaun P. Ferguson Sr Program Analyst Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ============================================================================== ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/