Re: Extent Sizing?

In article <19970912140301.KAA21629_at_ladder02.news.aol.com>, CDWaddell <cdwaddell_at_aol.com> writes
>How do I go about determining the size of the extents I will need for my
>database. I'm moving data from paradox tables into Oracle and it is
>incredibly slow. (Doesn't help that we are running NW 4.1 on a 486/66 with
>64M RAM.) I have started reading O'Reilly & Asoc. "Oracle Performance
>Tuning" and it seems that my extents are to small. but I can't figure out
>how to determine the right size for this project. The paradox tables have
>approx. 3/4 to a million records in them. I have roughly 6-10 of these
>tables to bring into Oracle but at the speed things are moving now I will
>spend the next year just moving data. Any suggestions would be greatly
>appreciated. One more thing, how much performance enhancement would I get
>if I were to add more memory to the existing server. (Were a very poor
>health care company)
>
>Thanks CDWaddell_at_AOL.Com

Have a read of the "Oracle 7 Server Administrator's Guide Release 7.3" page A-4 (Appendix A)

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