vitalisman_at_gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 18, 4:43 pm, Brian Peasland <d..._at_nospam.peasland.net> wrote:
>
>> Have you looked at Incrementally Updated Backups in 10g? With IUB, you
>> only have to restore the level 0 and then *one* level 1 backup and the
>> redo logs.
>
> Hi Brian,
> I don't know if it was due to your phrasing but your explanation looks
> strange to me.
>
> Having to restore just 1 level-1 backup after 1 level-0 backup is
> guaranteed with cumulative incremental backups, available with 9i.
>
> I have never used IUB yet, but when you want to restore, you don't
> have to restore any level-0 backup according to the doco, only one
> level-1 backup.
> I don't think IUB is a great thing because of the disk space needed.
> And if the database is not that huge, why bothering with incremental
> stuff?
>
> Jerome
>
The advantage of IUB is time needed, it is less than a full backup.
Then if you have enough space on disk restore and recovery operation
are very fast.
regards,
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Received on Tue Sep 18 2007 - 10:48:40 CDT
