[CLUE-Tech] Oracle and compression

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 02:12:43PM -0400, Adam Bultman wrote:
>Will oracle get angry if I do that? If I trash my database tomorrow, will
>it get angry that I compressed the files?  Obviously, they'll be

There are two kinds of backups: tested ones and worthless ones...
Something like 70% of the initial backup audits we do for our clients find
problems that would have prevented some of their data from being recovered.

So, don't ask here if they're going to work -- test them and write down
what you had to do so that you *KNOW* that you can recover them.

Minority shareholder lawsuits for lack of due dilligence are ugly.  ;-/

Sean
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