Compression=LZSS
Compression=Huffman
Compression=ZLIB=level
Nocompression
Allows you to specify the compression method to use before
writing data to the AIJ backup file. This reduces performance,
but may be justified when the AIJ backup file is a disk file,
or is being backed up over a busy network, or is being backed
up to a tape drive that does not do its own compression. You
probably do not want to specify the Compression qualifier when
you are backing up an aIJ file to a tape drive that does its
own compression; in some cases doing so can actually result in a
larger file.
This feature only works for the new backup file format and you
have to specify /FORMAT=NEW_TAPE if you also use /COMPRESSION.
If you specify the Compression qualifier without a value, the
default is COMPRESSION=ZLIB=6.
The level value (ZLIB=level) is an integer between 1 and 9
specifying the relative compression level with one being the
least amount of compression and nine being the greatest amount
of compression. Higher levels of the compression use increased
CPU time while generally providing better compression. The
default compression level of 6 is a balance between compression
effectiveness and CPU consumption.
OLDER ORACLE RDB 7.2 RELEASES AND COMPRESSED RBF FILES
Prior releases of Oracle Rdb are unable to read RBF files
compressed with the ZLIB algorithm. In order to read
compressed backups with Oracle Rdb 7.2 Releases prior
to V7.2.1, they must be made with /COMPRESSION=LZSS or
/COMPRESSION=HUFFMAN explicitly specified (because the
default compression algorithm has been changed from LZSS to
ZLIB). Oracle Rdb Version 7.2.1 is able to read compressed
backups using the LZSS or HUFFMAN algorithms made with prior
releases.