datasets

rickrambo · Post by **rickrambo** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:40 am

Guys, Your comments on the following...

"Because datasets are platform and configuration-specific, they should not be used for long-term backup and recovery of source data"

Thanks

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:41 am

True!

miwinter · Post by **miwinter** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:52 am

Second that... notion! :D

dspxlearn · Post by **dspxlearn** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:35 am

So, for long term backup should we load them to sequential files eventually?

miwinter · Post by **miwinter** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:36 am

Absolutely yes... what if the environment changes? Your datasets won't match to the nodes they were defined against back in the day. Flat files provide a much more stable option for recovery.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:04 pm

dspxlearn wrote: So, for long term backup should we load them to sequential files eventually?

Not necessarily. Database tables serve just as well.