Re: L:ist - Can do/do better in MS SQL than Oracle

Sean M wrote:
>
> Connor McDonald wrote:
> >
> > Agreed - worked at a site up north where they took their backups various
> > seriously. Entire private network (just for backups) across every
> > server in the company all hooked to the biggest tape library thingy I've
> > ever seen - I used to nip down to the server room just to watch all the
> > robotic arms flying around...
> >
> > .. All managed with rman and veritas net backup.
> >
> > Magic.
>
> OK, but how big were the individual databases? Lots and lots of smaller
> databases - sure, I can see where RMAN might be great. Really big
> databases? The jury is still out, it would seem.
>
> Regards,
> Sean

Databases ranging from 1G to 1000G (people make a lot of mobile phone calls in the UK)

Cheers
Connor

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