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Re: file sizes over 32GB

From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 16:54:25 -0800
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And we do need education, because we do want to be bricks in the wall. You seem to know everything, so please, don't leave us alone.

On 2003.11.07 12:49, Tanel Poder wrote:
> > For reasons why, think about it from the backup/restore
> > perspective. Which database can be backed up or restored
> > faster: one with 100 2Gb datafiles or one with 2 100Gb
> > datafiles? Datafile management is just like extent
> > management. As Roger Waters said, "All in all, they're all
> > just bricks in the wall"... :-)
>
> I don't know whether file system lock contention still applies in modern
> file systems, but the larger the files you are writing in are, the more
> contention you have to file write lock.
>
> Tanel.
>
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