"Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1020683797.19441.0.nnrp-08.9e984b29_at_news.demon.co.uk...
>
> But how much of the performance impact might be
> due to NT systems being used in a somewhat
> cavalier fashion - lots of little files get created and
> dropped over time leaving lots of file fragments,
> and then Oracle files get extended, moved,
> recreated in the gaps. As per your comments
> about sharing partitions with other folders
> and moving big data files.
this is obviously true - especially given the number and frequency of
patches to the OS. however it is still worth as an eyeopener installing
NT/2k only on a machine (server or workstation doesn't matter) and then
immediately run a defragmentation utility.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 06:31:36 CDT
