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RE: database file sizes....more of smaller size or less of larger

From: Orr, Steve <sorr_at_rightnow.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:24:10 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0054B28C.20030212122410@fatcity.com>


How about "consistent file sizes?" For raw the VLDB whitepaper recommends something like 128MB, 1GB, and 8GB but isn't it also a good practice for cooked? It depends...

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the ever popular answer "it depends"

how large are the tables you are storing in these datafiles? Is this a data warehouse where you will be storing massive amounts of data? (1000 2GB datafiles to store one table's worth of data is somewhat obscene)

Is it a large database? Heavily used? OLTP?

I'm not making fun, it's just that a blanket statement "what are the pros and cons" just doesn't make sense

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