Re: Archiving Data Strategies.

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http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/rothenberg/contents.html

Avoiding Technological Quicksand:
Finding a Viable Technical Foundation for Digital Preservation

by Jeff Rothenberg
January 1998

Contents
Preface

Executive Summary

Introduction
The Digital Longevity Problem
Preservation in the Digital Age
The Scope of the Problem
Technical Dimensions of the Problem
The Inadequacy of Most Proposed Approaches Criteria for an Ideal Solution
The Emulation Solution
Research Required for the Emulation Approach Summary
References

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On 15 Apr 2002 at 9:49, Jared.Still_at_radisys.com wrote:

> Ian,
>
> I've put of replying to this for a couple of weeks now. I see that
> no one else has replied either, at least to the list.
>
> Archiving data is a rather complex subject.

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> "Biddell, Ian" <Ian.Biddell_at_COMPAQ.com>
> Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> 03/27/02 01:53 AM
> Please respond to ORACLE-L
>
>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> cc:
> Subject: Archiving Data Strategies.
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I previously posted this question to the Lazydba List and got a couple
> of replies, but thought I would also send it to this list as well to see
> if I can just get a couple more (so excuses to those people that have
> already seen it)
>
> I am currently discussing with a customer their requirements for
> archiving data as their system is 4 years old and billing data is piling
> up which obviously is affecting performance. I am pushing for an Oracle
> upgrade, they are currently on 7.3.4 and I am trying to get them to go
> to 9i. The main reason for this is so they can use partitioning.
>
> My question to the List is to try and find out other people's
> experiences in archiving complex and integral data and whether most have
> gone the partitioning path or some other path (ie. Something like
> separate tables and data migration).

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