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Reg: Implications - Index on a huge table

915396Feb 27 2014 — edited Feb 27 2014

Hi Experts,

I am stuck with a problem where it need to create Index on 2 columns. The challenge here is the table is some 100GB in size and got

Some metadata which might be useful:

- Table size - 100GB

- Oracle version - 11.2.0.3.0

- Environment - OLAP (data warehouse)

- The columns contain mostly distinct values (not *all* like a PK, but majority)

- DMLs - Insert operation is usually issued on the table.

My concern(s) -

1) While the index creation process is in-progress, will the users accessing it be affected?

I mean will there be any downtime or unusual behavior faced by them ?

2) What will be the server CPU utilization during the process?

Just curious to understand how it is from the DBA standpoint.

Help much appreciated.

Thanks,

-- Ranit

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