Hot backups vs. Offline Backups

Hi:

        We run Oracle Version 7.2.16.0 on Dynix/ptx 2.1. We currently have triple mirroring and shut the database down to back it up.

        There was a discussion earlier about hot backups with efficient striping. I am a newbie and would like to get expert opinion on the same. Has anyone had a positive/negative experience with hot backups? What to I stand to loose? Is performance ok with it? We are also looking at migrating to Dynix/ptx v4.1. Has anybody experienced any version incompatibility with it?

thanks a lot,

-Badri Received on Mon Dec 04 1995 - 00:00:00 CET