> > Not to mention the reverse: if I read this right, you have to suck
> > up your GB's long in advance of actually needing them. That's OK
> > for a machine that's dedicated to Oracle ... not so OK for smaller
> > installations, playpens, etc.
>
> To me it looks like a way to make Oracle work on VMS machines. This is the way
> files are allocated on Digital hardware.
Agreed.
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