>> Well, I guess Oracle is *designed* for big stuff.
> 
> So's SQL Server.

Yeah - I didn't mean to imply otherwise. (Recall that the "small" quote 
game from an Oracle manual.)

>> So I guess to all you guys, the 1.2 GB database I'm responsible is 
>> "microscopic" then? :-)
> 
> Tiny. I have test databases on my desktop ten times that.

Really?

How much disk space do you have??

> The smaller they are the easier they typically are to maintain and 
> admin. It's the bigger ones that are difficult because of the time 
> required to do anything with them (like backup, restore, defragment, etc)

Yeah, I'll bet.

Mind you, having said that, it takes about 3 minutes to backup *my* 
database...

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