I saw a technical dictionary once that defined 'k' as 1000, and 'K' as 1024. ..Kind of like how 'b'=1 and 'B'=8 on an 8-bit system. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Nullius in verba Visit www.hotsos.com for curriculum and schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:58 PM To: Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: MGogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: how do you decide your db_cache_size On 9/14/05, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm with you Mladen - I can't stand it when someone creates a "1GB" datafile > with a size of 1000MB. Infidels! :-) > Most of us probably don't like the 1000mb = 1gb. Since the drive mfgrs use decimal rather than binary, it is sometimes a necessary evil, such as during capacity planning for storage. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist 11+ years of trying to appear to know what I'm doing. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l