From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Sep 15 11:45:43 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j8FGjhmC007512 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:45:43 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j8FGjT6H007475 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:45:29 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 18D221ED4C8; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:45:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18004-09; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:45:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 88D4A1ED4DA; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:45:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:43:03 -0500 From: "Cary Millsap" To: Message-ID: <2110.35281126802379.hotsos01.hotsos.com@MHS> In-Reply-To: <9177895d050914122573d7ceb6@mail.gmail.com> Subject: RE: how do you decide your db_cache_size x-scalix-Hops: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 thread-index: AcW5fJGdEFX7cw33TjmbAVR4ebsk+AAl7QFg MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_013B_01C5B9EA.A20ACDB0" X-archive-position: 25521 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: Cary.Millsap@hotsos.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: Cary.Millsap@hotsos.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_60_70, HTML_FONTCOLOR_UNKNOWN,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 ------=_NextPart_000_013B_01C5B9EA.A20ACDB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Unless you're a binary-based computer, in which case it's a lot easier to divide by 1024. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Nullius in verba Visit www.hotsos.com for curriculum and schedule details... _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of rjamya Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:25 PM To: jkstill@gmail.com Cc: Brandon.Allen@oneneck.com; MGogala@allegientsystems.com; oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Re: how do you decide your db_cache_size I presume it is for those who are not good with division ... dividing by 1000 is much easier than say 1024 ?? Raj On 9/14/05, Jared Still wrote: On 9/14/05, Allen, Brandon wrote: > > I'm with you Mladen - I can't stand it when someone creates a "1GB" datafile > with a size of 1000MB. Infidels! :-) > Most of us probably don't like the 1000mb = 1gb. Since the drive mfgrs use decimal rather than binary, it is sometimes a necessary evil, such as during capacity planning for storage. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist 11+ years of trying to appear to know what I'm doing. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- ------------------------------ select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements where category = 'MANDATORY'; ------=_NextPart_000_013B_01C5B9EA.A20ACDB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline

Unless you’re a binary-based c= omputer, in which case it’s a lot easier to divide by 1024.

 

 

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Visit www.hotsos.com for curriculu= m and schedule details...

 


From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] <= span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of rjamya
Sent: Wednesday, September= 14, 2005 2:25 PM
To: jkstill@gmail.com
Cc: Brandon.Allen@oneneck.= com; MGogala@allegientsystems.com; oracle-l@freeli= sts.org
Subject: Re: how do you de= cide your db_cache_size

 

I presume it is= for those who are not good with division ... dividing by 1000 is much easier than s= ay 1024 ??

Raj

On 9/14/05, Jared Still <jkstill@gmail.c= om> wrote:

On 9/14/05, Allen, B= randon <Brandon.Allen@oneneck.co= m> wrote:
>
> I'm with you Mladen - I can't stand it when someone creates a "1GB" datafile
> with a size of 1000MB.  Infidels!  :-)
>

Most of us probably don't like the 1000mb =3D 1gb.

Since the drive mfgrs use decimal rather than binary, it is sometimes
= a necessary evil, such as during capacity planning for storage.

--
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
11+ years of trying to appear to know what I'm doing.
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