Re: cost of autoextend

From: Gus Spier <gus.spier_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:25:30 -0400
Message-ID: <6d3967611003150325i432de95cg525cda70ac35c36e_at_mail.gmail.com>

Autoextend allows me to get sick, snowed in, or overwhelmed by user/management demands for attention. Even with autoextend, a DBA must monitor tablespace/data file usage to maintain situational awareness.

f/r,

Gus

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Yechiel Adar <adar666_at_inter.net.il> wrote:

> You are mostly right.
> I prefer to extend, rather then auto extend, my data files except for
> special cases.
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> It is more troubling as I do not know of a tool that take into account both
> auto extend and the host file system and gives a warning that if you auto
> extent to the limit you will fill up the available space on the file system.
>
> Adar Yechiel
> Rechovot, Israel
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> De DBA wrote:
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>> Auto-extend is just a feel-good marketing tool, imho.
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