Either EXPDP from the source database, or IMPDP from the destination database, using the NETWORK_LINK and PARALLEL parameters. Prevents time, space, and I/Os from being wasted on writing to and reading from intermediate ".dmp" files. On 8/2/2013 1:37 PM, Bala wrote: > I have a requirement to copy 80 mllion rows table from PROD to DEV. > This table is 28 GB in size, has 4 indexes built on its columns. > > 11gR2 (11.2.0.3), Linux Redhat 6 environment. > > What would be the most optimal way to do it -- use traditional export or > datapump (expdp) ,any insight will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you all for your time. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l