Re: Rollback segments

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> writes:

> Incidentally, you are asking for trouble having rollback segments with only
> two extents. The chances of them having to acquire more extents is very
> high (assuming you eventually bring them online).
>
> Rollbacks should have around half a dozen extents to minimise the need to
> extend dynamically

I don't understand how you can say that without knowing the size of the extents and activity. Is there any major functional difference between a rollback segment with 6 1M extents and a rollback segment with 2 3M extents?

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greg