RE: OT moment of doubt

>> the unix "administrator" girl

I don't think 'girl' made any difference=20

Andre=20

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Namens Luis Fernando Cerri
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Onderwerp: RE: OT moment of doubt

I don't think giving another extension to dbf files would help.=20

An interesting story:

In my last job, the unix "administrator" girl noticed that one of the = file
systems was 95% full. Searching for large files, she found a lot of 1GB = ones
named standard01.dbf, standard02.dbf, etc, all owned by oracle. So, she = had
the brilliant idea to (before asking anyone) compress all of them to = free
the file system. Not happy enough, she called to blame me for keeping different copies of the same 1GB file not compressed... Less than 30 = seconds
after HER calling, dozens of develovers calling to ask what was = happening to
their (for lucky) development environment. =20
Have a nice day!

Luis

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Subject: Re: OT moment of doubt

Perhaps it would be safer to give another extension to database files on =

really important servers to avoid mistakes. Something like *.mpg for=20 instance.

SF

Joe wrote:

>What would you call that moment in time after you do "rm *.dbf" on all
>your database files, where you suddenly panic about whther you're on
>the right server or not?
>
>This happens to me all the time, even after checking, even after 17
>yrs of DBA-ing. Kinda like that feeling you get when your chair starts
>to tip over backwards but you catch yourself.
>
>:P
>
>Joe
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