Throw Away Half of Your Disks and Run Your Database ... - Oracle

Throw Away Half of Your Disks and Run Your Database ... - Oracle Throw Away Half of Your Disks and Run Your Database ... - Oracle

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Competitive Analysis – DB2 • Even without compression, Oracle needs less disk space than DB2: • Oracle uses variable length representation for numbers – DB2 uses fixed length • DB2 has more overhead for VARCHAR data • SAP BW data needs 30-50% less disk space if stored in Oracle

Competitive Analysis – Teradata Oracle Block level compression - Dynamic compression values - Unlimited values All data types supported - Minimal compression overhead - Batched compression Backup compression Unstructured data compression and de-duplication (SecureFiles) Field level compression - Admin must define compression values - Max 255 compression values Limited data type support - More compression overhead - Transactional compression None None Teradata

Competitive Analysis – Teradata<br />

<strong>Oracle</strong><br />

Block level compression<br />

- Dynamic compression values<br />

- Unlimited values<br />

All data types supported<br />

- Minimal compression overhead<br />

- Batched compression<br />

Backup compression<br />

Unstructured data compression<br />

<strong>and</strong> de-duplication (SecureFiles)<br />

Field level compression<br />

- Admin must define compression<br />

values<br />

- Max 255 compression values<br />

Limited data type support<br />

- More compression overhead<br />

- Transactional compression<br />

None<br />

None<br />

Teradata

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