Re: Compressing Datafiles

From: Mike Hately <mike.hately_at_virgin.net>
Date: 2000/04/12
Message-ID: <8d0hcs$5ip$1@lure.pipex.net>#1/1

I can't see any reason why this wouldn't work and yes, datafile generally compress really well.
I've compressed and uncompresed files before with no ill effects but I suppose that's hardly a cast-iron guarantee.

Mike hately

<flowerss_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8cvlpc$u8$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> I'm trying to think outside of the box. We have a situation were the
> Server is just about 100% full on all file systems. It takes 91 hours
> for a Cold Backup, because a 10 Base Card was ordered instead of a 100
> Base Card. Funding has held up the order of the 100 Base Card. So
> until it's backed up, I can't remove any datafiles of the databases
> that are no longer being used.
>
> Temporarily, can a Datafile be Compressed? Has anyone tried it?
>
> Thanks,
> Selena
>
>
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Received on Wed Apr 12 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT