Table/Index (partition) Growth Is Far More Than Expected
(Doc ID 729149.1)
Last updated on FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.3 and laterOracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
The problem as observed is that the space allocated for a table/index (partition) is far too high and keeps growing.
Using the AVG_ROW_SIZE * NUM_ROWS shows that the space as needed would be far less that the allocated space (in some cases allocated xxGb while xxMb would be expected).
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