Re: WTD: Top Reasons Why or Why Not to Upgrade from 7.3.4 to 8.

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:58:17 +0100
Message-ID: <953151193.13499.1.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>

Top ten reasons:

1 7.3.4 is going out of support very soon 2 7.3.4 is going out of support very soon

(You get the picture probably)

Oracle 8 (enterprise edition only) comes with a new product called RMAN, which allows for backup of the changed blocks only. Of course this is all in upgrade courses (and probably on http://technet.oracle.com)

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

Wittling <mark.wittling_at_corp.bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:8EF890A68markwittlingcorpbell_at_205.152.0.37...
> We'd also like to know, at a birds-eye view, what the main differences are
> between the two releases. Performance obviously, but I hear there is a
> difference when it comes to hot backups, etc. Can anyone throw a few more
> in the bucket?
Received on Wed Mar 15 2000 - 13:58:17 CST