Re: db_recovery_file_dest_size

  • From: "John Thompson" <jhthomp@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mfontana@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:52:35 -0600

The parameter is especially handy when using ASM for storage.  You can have
multiple databases shareing A diskgroup.  This parm prevents any one
database from using all the storage in that diskgroup.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Michael Fontana <mfontana@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  This init parameter really peeves me.  I've been using it for years, and
> I have read the documentation repeatedly, yet I still have issues with it
> conceptually.
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> Why have, what appears to be, a useless, or at best, redundant parameter?
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> The size of the file system itself serves as the governor for how big the
> area can grow.  There's no way to set it to "unlimited" like you can for a
> storage parameter of a database object.
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> Certainly, if I was concerned about it growing and encroaching on other
> objects in the file system, I have a design flaw and should build a new file
> system for whatever else is writing there.
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> Perhaps it is merely an anachronistic attempt to solve a problem that no
> longer exists?
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> Can anyone explain the rationale for this parameter's existence?
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