# AUTO\_EXPAND and INCREASE\_container

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/auto-expand-and-increase-container/102540>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-Basics-on-Linux-Unix-Windows, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX, Adabas-on-Linux, Adabas-Natural-Cloud\
**Created:** [March 8, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/auto-expand-and-increase-container/102540 "2013-03-08T16:17:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Claudio\_Muller](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/claudio_muller/32/518_2.png) [@Claudio\_Muller](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Claudio_Muller)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/auto-expand-and-increase-container/102540/1 "2013-03-08T16:17:45Z")

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Hello,  
the parameters of the bank I can use auto\_expand.

But in the “PROFILE → OPERATIONS → DATABASE ACTIONS” I also have the INCREASE\_ASSO and INCREASE\_DATA.

What is the difference between these options?

Adabas for Windows.

Cláudio.

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/auto-expand-and-increase-container/102540/2 "2013-03-08T20:08:58Z")

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You’ll want to monitor database and file growth, increasing containers as necessary in a controlled manner, but use automatic expansion to avoid unexpected space problems.

Adabas will calculate the amount of space to be added to the container, and the new extent may be much larger than what you would have added manually.

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**Author:** ![Claudio\_Muller](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/claudio_muller/32/518_2.png) [@Claudio\_Muller](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Claudio_Muller)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/auto-expand-and-increase-container/102540/3 "2013-03-08T20:59:22Z")

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then the first one is the simplest form (auto\_expand)  
the second is more fully to accomplish this (increase\_xxx)

this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/auto-expand-and-increase-container/102540/4 "2021-04-02T15:02:58Z")

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