Riyaj Shamsudeen pisze: > Kumar > > 2. If you know how much you need, it is better to allocate ahead of time. > Autoextending has *some* amount of overhead (but not too much as long as you > keep meaningful extend size). Autoextend also updates the file headers, and > you can run in to concurrency related to issues in the file header block if > there are many processes constantly trying to extend the files. > I may add something concrete for allocating before. On 9i if IO subsystem is slow/highly loaded/etc there were problems with application working - some statements fail with error about lack of free space, while every file was set to auto-extensible. The best solution was to allocate earlier. So even if this is not a problem in let's say 10g, I would name it a good practice anyway. In the end the space will be allocated anyway and You may choose the time, when this is done. Regards Remigiusz -- Pole nakazi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Remigiusz Sokolowski <remigiusz.sokolowski@xxxxxxxxxx> pos : DBA at DIiUSI addr : Nordea Bank Polska SA, Luzycka 6A Street, 81-537 Gdynia, Poland phone : +48 58 667 17 43 mobile: +48 602 42 42 77 Nordea Bank Polska S.A. z siedzib? w Gdyni, ul. Kielecka 2, 81-303 Gdynia, wpisan? do Rejestru Przedsi?biorców Krajowego Rejestru S?dowego pod numerem: 0000021828, dla której dokumentacj? przechowuje S?d Rejonowy Gda?sk - Pó?noc w Gda?sku, VIII Wydzia? Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru S?dowego, o kapitale zak?adowym i wp?aconym w wysoko?ci: 227.593.500,00 z?otych, NIP: 586-000-78-20, REGON: 190024711 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l