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Leslie
You can also do some Googling to find other formula variations. As was mentioned, loading a test table to get good estimates of column sizes is the best way. As you mentioned, uncertain row count estimates introduces a great deal of uncertainty in your calculations. But then you can simply point out to your client that your estimates can only be as accurate as the information you are provided.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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Subject: RE: Lost appendix: Space Estimations for Schema Objects
Applying the formulas as documented in Oracle 8, and comparing the results to an actual Oracle 8i database (a data warehouse; I'm interested only in 8 fact tables ranging in size from 10 million to 500 million rows; the 9i database is for a new client, and is the reason for this exercise) yields the following:
More problematic is actually determining how many rows are going to be in each fact table -- both at startup and at 6 month intervals.
Unfortunately, we're not going to 10g any time soon, so I can't use the EM facility Lex mentioned.
Leslie
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Subject: RE: Lost appendix: Space Estimations for Schema Objects
Leslie
It was taken out because there are so many variations and permutations possible that a generic formula is never going to be realistic. The only realistic way to get space estimations is to load a "typical" set of data (whatever that is) and then extrapolate to Production sizes, based on history and so on.
Pete
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Subject: Lost appendix: Space Estimations for Schema Objects
The Oracle 8.0 documentation had an Appendix A to the "Oracle Server Administrator's Guide" on "Space Estimations for Schema Objects". It gave formulas for approximating the amount of disk space that would be taken up by tables and indexes, taking into account block size, init trans, pct free, etc. The appendix seems to have vanished in the 9i documentation -- at least I can't find it.
Does anyone know if/where this information still exists, either in the Oracle documentation set or some other documentation?
Thanks,
Leslie
Leslie Tierstein
Senior Consultant
Vision Chain, Inc.
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