CHAPTER 3

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Using the Fast Recovery Area

In Chapter 2 you learned how to take an RMAN backup to a storage location on the disk. Disk-based backup offers significant benefits over backing up to tape, such as a considerably faster backup (and an even faster recovery), the ability to merge backups to make the recovery quicker, the constant validation of incremental backups, and so on. In subsequent chapters, you will learn more about those operations.

One of the important considerations in the process of setting up a disk-based backup is the location of the backup. You can choose any location, such as a file system, a directory on a file system or ...

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