RE: AUTOEXTEND

I think from recovery procpective it's better to have smaller files that one huge, in case you need to recover only one...

>>> "Hostetter, Jay M" <JHostetter_at_decommunications.com> 10/4/2005 3:18:40 PM >>>
There is no problem with using autoextend, as long as you have reasonable limits. Otherwise it goes from a DBA problem to a DBA and SA problem. I use scripts to monitor space usage in our databases. I turn autoextend on for tablespaces that have growth rates that are difficult to estimate - but I don't set them to unlimited growth. This is one way to help keep track of how fast the database is growing.  

Jay

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Subject: AUTOEXTEND

Hi All, I have consulting on site and he is trying to convince our management to use AUTOEXTEND almost on all datafiles and monitor on FS. Could you give me examples why we should not do AUTOEXTENTS?I'm thinking about: 1. Keep all db files 4 GB in size for better maintenance...Something else?Thanks.

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