Re: Terrabyte Databases

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:25:48 -0000
Message-ID: <943479004.20293.1.nnrp-01.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

And why use a database for images anyway ? Unless you are really interested in read-consistent queries and some strange transactional activity on images you might as well store them as O/S files and use the BFILE method. Its quicker, cheaper and less hassle.

Jonathan Lewis
Yet another Oracle-related web site: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk

Connor McDonald wrote in message <383BDE7B.2B96_at_yahoo.com>...
>Neil wrote:
>>
>> We are looking at a system that would hold > 1 TB data mostly in the form
of
>> images, that would be viewable via the internet.
>>
>
>1. What backup methodology do you use / suggest
>
>Don't. That is, put as much into read-only tablespaces as possible and
>backup just the rest. Otherwise, start saving for lots of disk for
>mirror/mirror-break concepts, or some heavy duty storagetek tape drives.
>
Received on Wed Nov 24 1999 - 15:25:48 CST