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Re: LMT is preferred than DMT.. but then

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:46:17 -0800
Message-ID: <1080531957.872546@yasure>


Howard J. Rogers wrote:

> The big benefit of LMTs, and the reason why, over time, you should indeed
> slowly migrate toward them, is that they free the DBA up from worrying about
> the number of extents, and the size of those extents. That's all. It's a
> convenience thing. not a measurable-performance thing.

> Regards
> HJR
 From where I stand ... the huge value of LMTs is contained in two words: UNIFORM SIZE

The end of export-import to deal with tablespace fragmentation. And yes I know it isn't necessary in the abstract. But it sure is in the real world.

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