Re: Tablespace storage parameters

In article <8gedbd$nqd$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, tandym_at_hotmail.com writes Thanks folks for your replies.

If I'm using NT, with a couple of disc drives, is there an advantage to be gained in distributing my datafiles over the two discs? I know there is in unix, but I've never run Oracle on NT before, so I'm not sure.

>I like to break the tablespace up into two or more datafiles - but I do
>this only for those tablespaces that will house transaction intensive
>tables. This way I can place the files each on a separate drive and
>get better performance.
>
>When creating and identifying extents - try to size your initial extent
>to hold your current amount of data plus enough space for a year, and
>then make your next extent half of that. Max extents should be total
>file size divided by next extents (minus two for the initial).
>
>just my two cents.
>
>sonya
>
>In article <GHruqPAaKbK5Ew93_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk>,
> James Chappell <james_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> What is the consequence of choosing particular values for the initial
>> and next extents when creating a datafile for a tablespace.
>>
>> If I want to create a tablespace of (say) 500M would it be better to
>> have several smaller files, or one large one?
>>
>> I'm using Oracel8 on NT
>> --
>> James Chappell
>>
>
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