How do you decide on optimum values for CI, FREESPACE etc..?

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How do you decide on optimum values for CI, FREESPACE etc..?

Post by Krishna » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:41 pm

How do you decide on optimum values for CI, FREESPACE etc..?

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Post by Krishna » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:41 pm

CI size should be based on record length, type of processing. Usually CI is 4K. If record length is larger(>1K), chose 6K or 8K.

FREESPACE should be large if more number of insertions are envisaged. Usual values are (20 20) when heavy updates are expected. CI size can be calculated.

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