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From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Re: RAID 1 vs RAID 5
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 20:01:39 +0100
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Niall Litchfield wrote:
> 
> "Connor McDonald" <connor_mcdonald@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3CAB65BE.3B3D@yahoo.com...
> > Steffen Ramlow wrote:
> > > what exactly is the performance advantage with read-only TS?
> >
> > - They are lot quicker to backup (ie you don't)
> <pedant>
> except once at the beginning (please) and probably once every few months -
> to allow for tape degradation.
> </pedant>
> 
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
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<cowboy>
... Nah - thats only if you want to be able to restore them :-)
</cowboy>


hee hee hee
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Connor McDonald

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