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Re: size of data files

From: <daren_davis_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:44:18 GMT
Message-ID: <80sj7h$l8j$1@nnrp1.deja.com>


On the other hand, by using a few large datafiles instead of many smaller datafiles, you decrease the internal fragmentation of the tablespace. We use an 8Gb datafile on our largest tablespace, and the performance is the same as it was using 4 2Gb files, but there is much less fragmentation.

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