Re: size of oracle install

From: Jimmy Collins <jimmy_at_jcollins.de>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 00:15:01 +0100
Message-ID: <0fsju9.1d4.ln@spider.jc-local>

"Vy Tran" <vtran_at_netsystechnologies.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:49c6decc.0112030737.68229b6b_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> A simple question: The oracle installation guide states the maximum
> install size for oracle is around 800MB. Once I've installed it, the
> size was around 1.4BG. Does anyone know why the discrepancy?

It depends on the cluster-size of your filesystem. Oracle installs very much small files, smaller than your cluster-size.

Example:
500 files * 100 bytes = 50000 bytes, but 500 files (each 100 bytes) * cluster size for example 512 bytes = 256000 bytes

206000 bytes of your disk may not be useable!

Jimmy Received on Tue Dec 04 2001 - 17:15:01 CST