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RE: how do you decide your db_cache_size

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:33:34 -0700
Message-ID: <7F24308CD176594B8F14969D10C02C6C8A0412@exch-mail2.win.slac.stanford.edu>


NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology have proposed "kibibyte" for 1024 bytes, and that a kilobyte should = 1000 bytes.  

Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
ian_at_slac.stanford.edu

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Cary Millsap Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:41 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: RE: how do you decide your db_cache_size

I saw a technical dictionary once that defined 'k' as 1000, and 'K' as 1024.

..Kind of like how 'b'=1 and 'B'=8 on an 8-bit system.

Cary Millsap
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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jared Still
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:58 PM To: Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com
Cc: MGogala_at_allegientsystems.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: Re: how do you decide your db_cache_size

On 9/14/05, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com> 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.

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