From: Adam J. Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Due to some misunderstanding, an unnecessary 5 million files > was backed up, bloating our database by about 15 GB. I have > since commenced deleting that filespace, but it looks like > the delete is not reducing the database size nearly enough. > So I am planning to do an unload/reload, and in order to > eliminate downtime, <snip> > The only downside I can think of is that after the > reorganized database is restored to the production server, > all transactions made during the > unload/reload will be lost.
Don't do it. You'll be spending months fixing it, and it'll never get fixed. (Besides, an unload/load of the db won't get you what you want.) What command did you use to delete the filespace? Did you run an expiration after the deletion? -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
