Re: Public vs Private Rollback Segments

From: Peter Sharman <psharman_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:00:34 -0800
Message-ID: <36CA3EE2.4E77D360@us.oracle.com>

John

This is actually incorrect. There was a stage when Oracle was recommending only using PUBLIC (not private as you stated) rollback segments with OPS, but I believe that most people now prefer private ones in any situation for the added manageability they offer.

HTH. Pete

"John P. Higgins" wrote:

> The only time you would use private rollback segments is with OPS (Oracle
> Parallel Server). With OPS, you would have a database shared by several
> instances.
>
> Van Messner wrote:
>
> > I was looking at the rollback segments in several databases on separate
> > servers today. The segments are public even though each database is mounted
> > to a single instance. Are there any implications to be concerned about
> > here? Or does it really not matter in these circumstances?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Van

Regards

Pete

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