Scratch Space Size

pkothana · Post by **pkothana** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 12:49 pm

Hi,
What is the Scratch Space required to read a file? If I am having a file set having size 30GB, what will be the size required for scratch space?

Pls let me know what is the raltion between File Size and Scratch Space?

Thanks & Regards

Pinkesh

bigpoppa · Post by **bigpoppa** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:02 pm

If all you are doing is reading the file, then 30 GB should be enough. If you're doing any hashing and sorting on the file, I would recommend 2x or 3x your file size for swap space.

- BP