...and why isn't the table partitioned? Even if the vendor tools won't support it, why can't you partition it manually? BTW - which vendor? regards _________________________ David Kurtz Go-Faster Consultancy Ltd. tel: +44 (0)7771 760660 fax: +44 (0)7092 348865 web: www.go-faster.co.uk mailto:david.kurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Book: PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA: http://www.psftdba.com PeopleSoft DBA Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psftdba -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Fuad Arshad Sent: 19 August 2004 14:07 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Index Rebuild Tuning Scenario 1.8 Billion rows table non partitioned. index key 30 bytes parallel 8 on index parallel 2 on table Oracle 9.2.0.4 Workarea_size set to manual sort_area_size set to 100M Tablespace locally managed non assm The table is not partitioned because of vendor requirement the rebuild is taking 12 hrs and is still runing . need help tuning this rebuidl it is not an online rebuild. we are doing migration testing on a test box. even though production is 2wice as faster thisis not acceptable with the users. need advise. the index size is around 57G ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------