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Question: what is the difference between a system crash and a media failure?
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| April 04, 2008 07:22:10 |
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| stepwil |
Oracle Expert Member Since: April 2008 Total Comments: 1 |
RE: what is the difference between a system crash and a media failure?
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| A system crash is when an operating system or an application fails corrupting or deleting database objects or the database itself. Media failure is when the hardware that houses the database fails ie: hard disk failure. |
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