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Re: Extent Sizing?

From: Ronny Ivarsen <ivarsen_at_online.no>
Date: 1997/09/17
Message-ID: <341F0CC6.3D61@online.no>#1/1

Michael Bierenfeld wrote:
>
> CDWaddell wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> Hi,
>
> check out the ORACLE-RDBMS Docu. In there you will find a formula how to
> (roughly) calculate the disc Space needed for tables and indexes.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael

  1. Check the alert log. Sounds like you have to small log-files.
  2. Add CPU.
-- 
Ronny Ivarsen
ivarsen_at_online.no
Received on Wed Sep 17 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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