Re: compress/compact database?

From: Sean M <smckeownNO_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 17:36:07 -0600
Message-ID: <3CD1CD67.6EA5A421@BACKSIESearthlink.net>

"Howard J. Rogers" wrote:

> No, it is supported (well, you can certainly do it, anyway). But I agree
> entirely: it's a daft thing to do in my book. Partly for the reasons you
> give. Partly because compression doesn't come free: decompressing requires
> CPU cycles. Partly because compression algorithms are a potential source of
> future corruption and errors, possibly. Partly because disk space is
> relatively cheap.

Agreed, for all of the above reasons. I'm even nervous of the relatively common practice of compressing archive logs before running them to tape. Scares me, mostly due to the possibility of corruption/errors, etc.

Regards,
Sean Received on Thu May 02 2002 - 18:36:07 CDT