I originally wrote this in 1994 as an engagement summary document for a power company in Colorado. I don't have the exact date anymore. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com * Nullius in verba * Upcoming events: - Performance Diagnosis 101: 6/22 Pittsburgh, 7/20 Cleveland, 8/10 Boston - SQL Optimization 101: 5/24 San Diego, 6/14 Chicago, 6/28 Denver - Hotsos Symposium 2005: March 6-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wolfgang Breitling Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:13 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Stop defragmenting and start ... My copy of Cary's paper "Oracle7 Server Space Management - An Oracle Services Advanced Technologies Research Paper", which was my first encounter with the concept of uniform extents - and a certain Cary Millsap - is dated "Revision 1.4b (95/10/31)" I was immediately hooked and converted. Quoting Lex de Haan <lex.de.haan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Robyn, > > I quickly checked my courseware archives, > and for sure Cary Millsap talked about uniform extent sizes in 1996. > to be more precise: he probably talked about this even before 1996, > but my private collection does not contain any hard evidence :-) > > Kind regards, > Lex. > > --------------------------------------------- > visit my website at http://www.naturaljoin.nl > --------------------------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robyn > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 16:02 > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Stop defragmenting and start ... > > > Hello, > > Can someone tell me when uniform extent sizing became a recommended > practice? The 'Stop defragmenting and Start Living' paper has a copyright > date of 1998, and I remember implementing it on some databases back in > 1999, but I was wondering if it there were earlier references to this > approach. > > Robyn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- regards Wolfgang Breitling, Oracle 7,8,8i,9i OCP DBA; Oaktable member Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------