Re: How can I create DBSCAPES in 20GB RAW partition

Billy Wheeler wrote: > > On 4 Mar 98 at 3:00, Raj Goel wrote: > > > I'm going through Carlton's ODS Handbook and there's something I > > don't quite understand. > > > > I've got a 20GB partition that I've reserved for my DBspaces. > > As I understand it, the maximum size dbspace I can create under > > Solaris 2.5.1/OWS 7.20 is 2GB. > > > > So, how do I go about creating the 10 DB spaces I need for my > > application? Or am I consigned to using cooked spaces? > > No, you can use the OFFSET to make 10 DBspaces in the partition. In > fact, I would advise that you rather make 10 chunks which you can > allocate to dbspaces at will. > > chunk 1: offset 0 size 2GB > chunk 2: offset 2GB size 2GB > chunk 3: offset 4GB size 2GB > . > . > chunk 9: offset 16GB size 2GB > chunk 10: offset 18GB size 2GB That's not quite right, because the limitation is on the offset PLUS the size. So the sum of the two cannot exceed 2Gb. Just use the OS partitioning to create 2Gb devices and use those as chunks in IDS. I can also recommend the "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" training course. That's for Raj, not you Billy. :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+