Re: Must reboot before 248 days??

Rick Hibling wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:25:33 GMT, dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com wrote:
>
> >The eWEEK (formerly PCWeek) column Spenser F. Katt, dated 9/10/00,
> >available at:
> >http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2625949,00.html
> >
> >Reports that Oracle database versions "8.1.6 or earlier" could corrupt
> >the control file if the database runs for more than 248 consecutive
> >days without a server reboot. The workaround is to reboot the server
> >before it reaches this many days.
> >
> >This sounds serious. Does anyone know anything about this?
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.
>
> This is a load of shoemakers.
>
> We run 24x7 on Solaris and if the server goes down on this BUSINESS
> CRITICAL machine we lose a ton of wonga.
> I don't think that we would still be using Sun if this problem
> existed.
>
> L8R

Actually you'll find it on both the sunsolve site and the oracle site. The only discrepancy I've seen is the claim that the control file will be corrupted, whereas any official oracle correspondence I've had is that the database hangs

HTH

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