RE: Auto Extend On, Increment By

I don't see the big downside of having autoextend on (except for temp tablespaces - those things can become a monster with a bad piece of code). At our shop, we use nagios to monitor the file systems. This helps prevent us from running out of space in the file system without having a tablespace fill up with a job in the middle of the night that I wasn't told was going to run. (kind of like having a GPS ankle bracelet on your teenager - right Tim?)  

That said - I believe in monitoring to make sure that my space assumptions continue to be correct. If circumstances change because of a release of code or a change in the business model, then I can decide if I need to change my storage strategy.  

Steve Smith

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Williams Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:00 PM
To: Joel.Patterson_at_crowley.com
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Subject: Re: Auto Extend On, Increment By

Joel,  

If you decide to switch to autoextend, I think this is the least issue to decide. The important issue is how space will be monitored. Done right, autoextend can give you a single space indicator to monitor. But make sure none of your tables have a limit of extents or you'll get a failure even though you still have disk space.  

Dennis Williams

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