Re: should initial = next?

"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote in message news:3a811cab.2988489_at_news-server...
> One thing to keep in mind is the context of this. In most systems
> nowadays, you have things like EMC or equivalent controllers. The
> argument for coniguous areas on disk goes totally out the window with
> this type of hardware

It'd be interesting to see what the market penetration of these controllers actually is. I'd hazard a guess that *most* instalations don't in fact have the bucks invested in this sort of hardware. Mind you I'd also guess that thats because *most* organisations don't actually need it. I can drool over the top of the range Sun hardware all I like but for our organisation its just not a big deal. I think the most we've ever spent on an entire Server is under 100k. (UKP)

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK