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Database Administration
Reference : Database Startup Parameters : Alphabetical listing of database startup parameters : Record free chain search depth factor (-recspacesearchdepth)
 
Record free chain search depth factor (-recspacesearchdepth)
Operating system and syntax
UNIX / Windows
-recspacesearchdepth n
Use with
Maximum value
Minimum value
Single-user default
Multi-user default
DBS
100
0
0
5
n
The percentage of the cluster size.
Use Record free chain search depth factor (-recspacesearchdepth) to specify how far into the record free chain the database engine searches for a block with enough free space to store the data associated with a record create or update before a new cluster of data is allocated. The value is a percentage of the cluster size with a minimum of 3 blocks.