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Why do we specify -use_all_space on the Restore command line?

April 26, 2017Command line restore specify

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Why do we specify -use_all_space on the Restore command line?

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A condition monitoring database is typically going to increase size, not decrease. We do not perform many ‘edits’ to existing data in the database; therefore, if we do not specify – use_all_space the database will reserve 20% of the space within each block for revisions of existing data.