Locally managed fixed 1 meg extents (initial 1m, next 1m, pctincrease 0) works real well. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:36 AM, John Dunn <JDunn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In have a customer still runing 8.1.7. They were having performance > issues which appeared to be due to frgmentation. An export and import solved > the performance issue. > > They are due to move to Orcale 10 soon, but in the mean time what can they > do to minimise fragmentation on 8.1.7. > > Move to locally managed tablespaces? Change the next extent values(which > appear to be very small) ? > > > > John Dunn > > Product Consultant > > Sefas Innovation Limited > > Direct Dial + 44 (0) 117 373 6122 > > *www.sefas.com* > > Sefas Innovation Ltd, CityPoint, Temple Gate, Bristol BS1 6PL, UK. Tel: +44 > (0) 117 373 6114 Fax: +44 (0) 117 373 6115 > > *Sefas Innovation Limited. *Registered No: 3769761 England. Registered > Office: One New Street, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2LA, United Kingdom. VAT > Registration No: GB 741 5377 32 > > Unless stated to be non-confidential, this email and any attachments are > private and confidential and are for the addressee only. Sefas monitors > e-mails to ensure its systems operate effectively and to minimize the risk > of viruses. Whilst Sefas has taken reasonable steps to scan this email, it > does not accept liability for any virus that may be contained in it. > > Internet communications are not 100% secure and as such Sefas is not > responsible for their abuse by 3rd parties, nor for any alteration or > corruption in transmission. > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'