One of my approaches for resolving this issue was to ask them exactly where they intended to build a test database to validate that bug out of the production environment, because sometimes those bugs don't show up in the stripped down developer database . There was also an issue of space and creating databases for recovery functions in disaster recovery
Cheers -- ================================================= Peter McLarty E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Consultant WWW: http://www.mincom.com APAC Technical Services Phone: +61 (0)7 3303 3461 Brisbane, Australia Mobile: +61 (0)402 094 238 Facsimile: +61 (0)7 3303 3048 ================================================= A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot (1826-1877 British Economist) ================================================= Mincom "The People, The Experience, The Vision" ================================================= "Tracy Rahmlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/03/2002 08:43 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Fax to: Subject: Poll & Questions We currently have a production, system and development database here. The system and development databases are purged periodically and reloaded with lookup data. The developers are then responsible for entering transactional data in both regions. I am looking to follow the same practice for development, however I would like to clone my production database directly to the system test database. The production database is ~75G. Management does not want to commit $ to a full sized system database. Costs outweigh the benefits. I would like to sway them. HOW? Please give me your costs/benefits of doing this. In addition, what is the norm (if there can be one) in other shops. Does utopia exist? ps. One of the biggest reasons for this database would be for benchmarking, timings, stress-testing. I realize I can copy the production stats, but that won't give me a good execution time. Do others load a subset of data (say 25%) and then extrapolate to a total time? Is that even necessarily accurate to do? I have my doubts. Thanks -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tracy Rahmlow INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it and notify the sender. The contents of this e-mail are the opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by the Mincom Group of companies unless expressly stated otherwise. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
