Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I have since found out the guy who originally quoted me about the link specs got his numbers wrong so life will be better, we actually have a 1GB Ethernet on a dedicated fibre so bandwidth shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the suggestions Cheers -- ================================================= Peter McLarty E-mail: Peter.Mclarty@xxxxxxxxxx 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 ================================================= "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now." Goethe 1749 -1832 ================================================= Mincom "The People, The Experience, The Vision" ================================================= 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. Connor McDonald <hamcdc@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 19/02/2004 05:29 PM Please respond to oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject Re: Migrating 8.1.7 database from one server to another Whatever method you go do, that 1Mb thingy in the middle might an issue :-) I'd have a play with each of the options (sqlldr, export) and see which files come out best with maximal compression. If either alternative comes out with a compressed file that still won't travel nicely across the link...then its carrier pigeon time with a little tape strapped to its wing. Cheers Connor --- Peter.McLarty@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Hi > > I have a database on one system AIX 4.3 and moving to a Solaris 9 server > databases are separated by a 1Mb WAN link > > Database is physically around 40GB don't know what is the actual data but > would be pretty close to the 40GB > > What would be the best way to migrate this data > > Options > sqlloader > export import > db link > > > All ideas taken into consideration > > Cheers > > > > -- > ================================================= > Peter McLarty E-mail: Peter.Mclarty@xxxxxxxxxx > 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 > ================================================= > "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. > Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now." > Goethe 1749 -1832 > ================================================= > Mincom "The People, The Experience, The Vision" > > ================================================= > > This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential > information. 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