"Joe Salmeri" <JoeSalmeri_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
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> And how is physically backing up 5 2000mb datafiles any different than
> backing up 1 10000mb datafile?
> Either way the same amount of data is backed up.
Its way different if one data file becomes corrupt. Then you have a restore
of 2gb not 10. Not to mention that a say 32gb datafile has 7 chances to
exactly extend to a 4gb boundary
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Received on Fri Jun 28 2002 - 08:58:39 CDT
