Re: ** import tuning

The export method has no bearing on the import. I never have had to mess with recordlength.
For imports I use
buffer=100000 commit=y indexes=n analyze=n After, I run the indexes in parallel and then analyze using dbms_stats in parallel.
Don't know if you're importing clobs,longs,blobs etc. Seem to remember that with longs using buffer and commit inserts one row at a time. though this was a long time ago

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