[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Long RM chain

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Thanks George, I was just about to ask the same question. Long rm chains are only a problem if the amount of free space in them are too small for new record creations. In that case, then the rm chain is searched, no space found and a new cluster needs to be created. This can adversely affect performance. The fact that rm chains grow and do not shrink is a factor of the record creation, update and delete activities. If rm free space is not used for new records of an appropriate size, then we have a different problem.

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