Re: data file sizes

The performance implications are related to extent size and platform.

Smaller files give better performance on Unix (smaller inodes). Smaller extents give better OLTP performance, larger extents better OLAP performance.

Nutshell: Depends on your app and platform.

In article <93nehn$mbc$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   gdas_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are there any performance considerations to take into account when
> sizing index and data tablespace datafiles? Do fewer but larger
> datafiles have any performance benefits to More but smaller datafiles?
> Does the fact that the files are on RAID 5 change the answer.
>
> I've seen some posts here that support more but smaller files due to
> increased manageability, but I was curious if there were any
> performance implications.
>
> Thanks,
> Gavin
>
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