The overall buffer size has a significant effect on DB2 performance, because a large number of pages can significantly reduce I/O, which is the most time-consuming operation.

整个缓冲区大小对 DB2 性能有巨大影响，这是因为大量的页可以显著地减少 I/O 这一最耗时的操作。

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O.tel.o overall, he says, will turn cash-flow positive in 2002, a big swing from this year's likely loss of DM2 billion, half of which is eaten by Veba.

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