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An Introduction to the Progress Database - Radius

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<strong>Database</strong> S<strong>to</strong>rage<br />

Physical View<br />

• Block: A fixed-size unit of disk I/O and s<strong>to</strong>rage. All<br />

data areas have same block size.<br />

• Extent: A unit of disk s<strong>to</strong>rage<br />

• Ei<strong>the</strong>r a file or a raw disk slice<br />

• May be fixed or variable size<br />

• Area: A group of physical s<strong>to</strong>rage objects<br />

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© 2007 <strong>Progress</strong> Software Corporation

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