"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
news:406970a2$0$17237$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> > Hot backups are the *only* way to go. Forget about cold backups.
>
> A bit harsh, surely? Archivelog mode I can understand. But if there's no
> need to take hot backups, why go to all the trouble?
>
> Regards
> HJR
I'm with Connor on this one, HOT backups aren't that much trouble, even
without RMAN, and I have this aversion to shutting down databases where
avoidable. On the other hand I'm not sure I'd want to be running an
application 24/7 if the vendor is 5 years out of date in the software they
support.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Tue Mar 30 2004 - 08:20:49 CST
