Hi ladies and gentlemen,
I *really* appreciate the feedback including one by private
e-mail! It's helped a lot in resolving our DBAs' concerns.
Yesterday, we configured RMAN/TDPO (our first TDPO setup) and I
must say the performance flies with use of multiple parallelized
streams! I'd only previously set up TDP-MSSQL (which is pretty good, too.)
The point regarding continuing to use some form of additional
backups outside of TDPO for 'insurance' purposes is a good one, and we
will continue to do so.
The Redbooks tip was a good one. I've worked with IBM gear for
over 10 years but for some reason, hadn't occurred to me to look there.
I guess I'm too used to knowing the stuff that I normally need to know. :-)
This database isn't on storage that allows for BCV/FlashCopy
type snapshots, unfortunately, or we'd leverage that. A pretty good
idea, though. (We have various EMC, IBM, and Hitachi enterprise disk
storage but not for this particular Oracle database -- historical
reasons partly tied in to fairly messy politics.)
I think we're on the right track now, and thanks again for your
assistance!
Cheers,
-Dan
