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Re: NTFS Compressed Disks for Oracle 8i DB files ?

From: Jim Kennedy <Jim_Kennedy_at_MedicaLogic.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:16:05 -0800
Message-ID: <UlhZ3.44150$C7.1915803@news1.teleport.com>


Not good idea. Think about it. NT has to keep processing the datafiles as things are read and written and so it will eat up all the available RAM on the server. Better off buying more disk space.

"Al Dykes" <adykes_at_panix.com> wrote in message news:811njb$a85$1_at_panix.com...
> What happens if I use an compressed NTFS filesystem for databases
> under 8i ? Can I compress a file system after the databases are
> created ? (with Oracle shut down of course.)
>
> This is a test system so a small performance hit is ok.
>
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Al Dykes
> -----------
> adykes_at_panix.com
>
Received on Fri Nov 19 1999 - 13:16:05 CST

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