Compressing oracle *.dbf files / Dangerous?
From: Esa Karell <karell_at_cs.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 5 Oct 1993 15:09:48 GMT
Message-ID: <28s2ns$4g8_at_hydra.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 5 Oct 1993 15:09:48 GMT
Message-ID: <28s2ns$4g8_at_hydra.Helsinki.FI>
An Oracle rep told me that they strongly advise
against compressing oracle's db files. I've used
gtar with -Z (tar + compress) and never had any problems
when restored from a backup tape. I looked at db files
(aix, oracle 6.0.36) and none of them looked strange (e.g. sparse).
Pls, tell if there's more to it than what I know.
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Esa Karell karell_at_cs.Helsinki.FI
Tel. +358-0 513 081 /home
Received on Tue Oct 05 1993 - 16:09:48 CET