Archiving tools relieve database bloat

摘要

Key factors for Tektronix' [Lois Hughes] were OuterBay's ability to stay with Oracle's patch level and its customization capabilities. Hughes also points to OuterBay's plans to archive data in XML format as another important piece of the puzzle. "We want an XML format so that we can get rid of the 40 or so instances of files from different software releases," says Hughes. "We don't want to be application-dependent when databases get too old."