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Re: RE: Fragmentation ?

From: <rgaffuri_at_cox.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:37:55 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.005B1309.20030613061503@fatcity.com>


there was a debate on here 2 weeks ago where it was concluded that until you get to thousands of extents it just doesnt matter how many you have.
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> From: "VIVEK_SHARMA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/06/13 Fri AM 06:39:36 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Fragmentation ?
>
> Dennis , List
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> What may be the OTHER forms of fragmentation ?
>
> What Number of Extents may be considered Critical warranting RE-Organization for
> Manually Sized Objects existing in LMTs ?
>
> Thanks for the great paper . Had read it previously though .
>
> Thanks
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> Vivek
> Make sure you've read "How to Stop Defragmenting and Start Living"
> http://metalink.oracle.com/cgi-bin/cr/getfile_cr.cgi?239049
> The authors point out that uniform extents stop fragmentation at the
> tablespace level. However they point out that there are other forms of
> fragmentation.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Qs What is the advantage of having dba_tablespaces.ALLOCATION_TYPE =
> "UNIFORM" OVER dba_tablespaces.ALLOCATION_TYPE = "USER" ?
>
> With ALLOCATION_TYPE = "UNIFORM" , NEXT_EXTENT Size of the Object can NOT be
> Manually defined in the Table Creation Script <storage (NEXT <Value>)> ,
> which is allowed when having allocation_type="USER" .
>
> Allocation_type="USER" allows Objects with Different NEXT_EXTENT Sizes to be Created
> in the SAME LOCALLY managed Tablespace & thus reduces Total Number of Extents for
> the respective Table. Our Application does have Objects of Dissimilar Sizes
> Existing tin the Same Tablespace .
>
> Does ALLOCATION_TYPE = "UNIFORM" automatically imply NO Fragmentation
> Irrespective of the Number of Extents of the Object (in a Locally Managed
> Tablespace) ? Does it further imply NO further need to Look at Number of
> Extents of an Object in a Locally Managed Tablespace ?
>
> NOTE Allocation_type can be made = "USER" by using the stored procedures :-
> dbms_space_admin.tablespace_migrate_from_local /
> dbms_space_admin.tablespace_migrate_to_local
>
> Am i still Lost in the World of Oracle 7 ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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