Re: Large Oracle / Unix installations

In article: <810464482.1062snx_at_aleytys.pc.my> philip_at_aleytys.pc.my (Philip Chee) writes:

> Hong Kong Telecom has a Oracle database approximately 700GB (mirrored so
> they have about 1.4 Terrabytes of storage) running on a HP-UX cluster.
> This contains their latest 6 weeks billing data. God knows how much they
> have archived. This is a 24x7 shop so they have no backups and their
> sysadmins tend to burnout rapidly. (One recently quit and took up another
> job at 1/2 her old pay - but now she doesn't get a panic attavk everytime
> the pager goes off :-)).
>
> E-mail me for a contact address in HK if necessary.

No wonder the Sys Admin had heart attacks!!

"This is a 24x7 shop so they have no backups"

Just because you're 7x24 doesn't mean you have to go without backups! Maybe HK Telecom should be advertising for a DBA who knows what they're doing!

Regards,

Pete

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