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On 13-Nov-08 13:00, Invisible wrote:
>>> In fairness, as I understand it the guy is an SQL Server expert, not
>>> an Oracle expert.
>>
>> No fairness.
>> SQL Server doesn't have the dump feature that he's proposing you use
>> (well, you can do it, but it's non-trivial). SQL Server backups are
>> full database backups and are online backups (can be done while DB is
>> in use) and restore with the DB in exactly the state that it was at
>> the time of the backup
>
> ...so, rather like real Oracle backups then.
>
> Presumably the guy did a little researching on Oracle and found *a* way
> to make a copy of the data, and that's what we're using.
>
> Using a logical backup rather than a physical backup does take up less
> disk space. However, it takes more time to backup and restore (and these
> operations are logged transactions, and triggers can fire, etc.) Myself
> I'd prefer a real physical backup...
>
How much diskspace are we talking about? Remember current price is about
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