NonStop SQL/MP Reference Manual

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Considerations—EXTENT
To ensure adequate space for your file, choose extent sizes and a MAXEXTENTS
value large enough to accommodate the amount of data you expect to store in the
file.
Using large extents can improve performance by reducing the number of seeks. The
disadvantage of large extents is that an entire extent is allocated simultaneously,
leaving allocated but unused space on the disk while the extent contains only a small
amount of data. You can maximize the use of disk space by specifying smaller
extent sizes if performance is not an issue.