RE: Does NT write to random locations on disk?

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would have to agree, it is not going to actually defrag the datafile itself.  NT defrag is not taking apart files and putting them back together, it moves files around.  It is going to consider the db file one big file, it might not do anything at all to defrag. <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Kev

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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: root_at_fatcity.com   [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Jacques KilchoerSent:   Friday, March 09, 2001 3:06 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list   ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Does NT write to random locations on   disk?
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  From: Smith, Ron L. [<A
  href="mailto:rlsmith_at_kmg.com">mailto:rlsmith_at_kmg.com] <FONT   size=2>> Sent: vendredi, 9. mars 2001 11:36 >
> I wouldn't think you would want to reorg an
  Oracle tablespace > with an NT <FONT
  size=2>> defrag utility.  You would corrupt the data.   Forgive my ignorance, but in a datafile on a file-system-based   disk, doesn't Oracle go through the OS to access the files on disk? Why would   an NT defrag utility cause a problem? I think I'll go try it myself on a test   database this week-end (time permitting). Received on Fri Mar 09 2001 - 15:41:31 CST