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Re: The limit of the unlimited ?

From: Roye Avidor <nospam2_at_spam.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 20:55:05 GMT
Message-ID: <slrnankpvb.el6.roya@www.attbi.com>

So, if I have a 200G filesystem and in the future it will expand I wont have the option to use the whole filesystem ? unless i will create more datafiles to the tablespace ? ( and this last can only happen manualy ). ?

> 
> In article <tvoe9.106911$8o4.14887_at_afrodite.telenet-ops.be>, koert54 wrote:

>>>> max of 2^10 datablocks = 4194304
>> should be 2^22
>> 
>> "koert54" <nospam_at_spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:xuoe9.106909$8o4.14886_at_afrodite.telenet-ops.be...

>>> The maxsize of a datafile is limited by the structure of the DBA
 (datablock
>>> address)
>>> and the blocksize (unless ulimit is hit first)
>>> Typically :
>>> - the dba is 4 bytes
>>> - 10 bits represent the filenumber (oracle/platform specific)
>>> - that leaves 22 bits for the blocknumber
>>> thus a datafile can have a max of 2^10 datablocks = 4194304
>>>
>>> So blocksize of
>>> 2K -> max of 8GB
>>> 4K -> 16GB
>>> 8K -> 32GB
>>> 16K -> 64GB
>>>
>>>
>>> "Roye Avidor" <att_at_internetdollar.com> wrote in message
>>> news:slrnank3hn.dt4.roya_at_www.attbi.com...
>>> > Hi all,
>>> > I installed Oracle 9.2.0 on linux ( RedHat7.3).
>>> > This release of linux can create very big files.
>>> > When I'm create a tablespace an sets the maxsize
>>> > to unlimited, I'm getting in the dba_data_files
>>> > a maxsize of 16G.
>>> >
>>> > Is this the limit that 9.2.0 can handle ?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thx,
>>> > Roye Avidor
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>

>>
>> Received on Sat Sep 07 2002 - 15:55:05 CDT

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