This is a good question. We've been running 9i instances for 18+ months now. Here are my impressions:
I would say RESUMABLE, especially for bulk loads, export/import, sqlloader is #1. This has saved HOURS!!! Dynamically modifiable SGA parameters have helped us with reliability. Less need to ever bounce! We're now letting the database name datafiles for new partitions, which, for archivable tables, makes it easier to drop partitions and datafiles and more easily reclaim space in an automated fashion. The new RMAN features, overall, make the product finally usable in our eyes. It still needs improvement, though... Undo tablespaces have significantly cut down on rollback and "snapshot too old" errors. But it's not perfect... Automated workarea size policy is much better than manually calculating PGA variables such as sort_area_size, etc... We haven't used much flashback or query rewrite features yet. At least not directly (some vendor code may use them). I am sure interested in seeing what others have to say. Michael Fontana Sr. DBA NTT/Verio -----Original Message----- Odland, Brad Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hey listers.... I am doing some research and would like to get (in very short answers) features of 9iR2 that folks have implemented that meet the following goals: 1. Ease administration 2. Are not marketing crap 3. Are not already in 8.1.7 4. Increase response time and or perfromance A quick bullet list would be way cool of stuff that make you puff up and say "...this is so cool" We are going to be moving our MRP system from 8.1.7 to 9iR2 this year and I'd like to get a feel for which items can help our old MRP app. Reply direct if you desire. We'll be implementing a new box with a SAN and so we already have some plans for actually using some features in 8i that were not feasible on our old AutoRAID. (There's nothing like getting a new box...) (I am already reading the new features doc and another doc by Howard Rogers....) Thanks in advance Brad O. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Odland, Brad INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Michael Fontana INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
