Re: Multiple block sizes

Yep, in Apps 11i there's also more than 10k tables, over 150k objects total in database - quite a hit for data dictionary :)

Tanel.

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> They are not even lookup tables, just dead weight. These off the shelf ERP
> products are so generic, trying to be everything for everyone, that any
> particular installation uses only a fraction of all the tables. Especially
> when you consider that sine Peoplesoft 8, you create all tables for all
> modules, even those that you didn't buy a license for. Granted, what are a
> few 100 meg in today's mega-gigabyte databases. But something in me abhors
> any waste, be it space or time (i.e. performance). And since I have
> relegated those tables already to their own "TINYTBL" tablespace with
> uniform 2-block extents, it is really no additional work to create it with
> the smalled blocksize possible.
>
> At 03:34 PM 9/25/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >Wolfgang,
> >
> >Well, I do understand the buffer cache usage part, but few hundred megs
of
> >disk space and 20 seconds of backup time savings wouldn't make me to
start
> >experimenting with block sizes like that.
> >
> >I assume index organized tables would be the best solution if you got
huge
> >amount of tiny lookup tables, but yeah, in packaged app you can't just
start
> >changing physical structure...
> >
> >Tanel.
>
> Wolfgang Breitling
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