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pras2007
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2008-04-01 : 12:51:39
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| Hello All,I’m running out of space fast and for the past several days I have been dropping tables and deleting rows. I want to free up unused space by using the BCC Srinkdatabase function. I’m planning on executing this method via Enterprise Manager but I want to ask the following questions:- What should the “Maximum free space in files after shrinking:” be set to? By default it is showing 0%-By shrinking the database, would that affect my backup strategies that were already implemented in any way?Please advice. Thanks. |
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2008-04-01 : 22:30:31
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| 1. depends on free disk space the server has.2. will not affect backup.By the way, better to add some disk space than shrinking db. |
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tosscrosby
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2008-04-02 : 15:01:24
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| Also, if you must shrink, don't leave 0% free. As soon as you insert/delete to the DB, it's going to want to grow. A definite performance hit on that. And I agree with rmiao, add disk as soon as you can. Otherwise, what you're planning on doing could become your full time job!Terry |
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tosscrosby
Aged Yak Warrior
676 Posts |
Posted - 2008-04-02 : 15:01:59
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| Also, if you must shrink, don't leave 0% free. As soon as you insert/delete to the DB, it's going to want to grow. A definite performance hit on that. And I agree with rmiao, add disk as soon as you can. Otherwise, what you're planning on doing could become your full time job!Terry |
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