RE: how do you decide your db_cache_size

Unless you're a binary-based computer, in which case it's a lot easier to divide by 1024.    

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of rjamya
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:25 PM To: jkstill_at_gmail.com
Cc: Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com; MGogala_at_allegientsystems.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: how do you decide your db_cache_size  

I presume it is for those who are not good with division ... dividing by 1000 is much easier than say 1024 ??

Raj

On 9/14/05, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/14/05, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com> 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.

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