Re: Expanding chunk sizes

Posted in 1998

Topics: Storage & Space Management, Stored Procedures & SPL

Paul Watson — Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:59:59 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Graham Bartlett wrote: > > I recently had to restore an Online v7 database after a disk failure. I > replaced the 2 gigabyte disk with a 4 gigabyte disk. The disk was split to > give two equal partitions of roughly 2 gigabytes to accomodate the 2 chunks > and then the database restored. > Looking at the status of the spaces I'm shown one of 1022364 pages and the > other of 511692 pages. My guess is you specified one chunk in KB and the other in pages > What haven't I done ? > Will I run out of space when the 511692 pages are used even though there > are another 511000 pages available ? Yes > Can I extend the chunk ? Just add another chunk to the dbs with an offset of the size of the first chunk in the partition > > Thanks in advance > -- > Graham Bartlett -- Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # It said run using Windows 95 Tel: +44 1436 674629 # or better in the manual Fax: +44 1436 678693 # so I used Unix www.wfsoftware.co.uk #

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