File compression [message #177890] |
Sat, 17 June 2006 08:45 ![Go to next message Go to next message](/forum/theme/orafaq/images/down.png) |
gajini
Messages: 262 Registered: January 2006
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I've a file which is of size 25GB,but the free space in that
mount point is 11GB,can i compress that file without any problem,
by just having free space of 11GB?The platform is AIX.
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Re: File compression [message #178337 is a reply to message #177890] |
Tue, 20 June 2006 12:34 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/orafaq/images/up.png) |
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BlackSwan
Messages: 26766 Registered: January 2009 Location: SoCal
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>bad answer anacedent -
Why is it a "bad answer"?
Some files do not compress at all.
Some files compress down to 10% or less the original size.
So it depends upon actual raw data file.
>why do you bother responding?
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