RMAN Backup Compressions tested in our Test ENV

RMAN Backup Compressions

The compression levels are BASIC, HIGH, MEDIUM and LOW

To use this option, we can run the following RMAN commands

RMAN> CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET;
followed by ..

RMAN> CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM ‘BASIC’;   -Default by Oracle
or

RMAN> CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM ‘HIGH’;
or

RMAN> CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM ‘MEDIUM’;
or

RMAN> CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM ‘LOW’;

Tests carried out our Etick - Test Database & Verified. However, it should be noted that use of

LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH, The backup set size and backup duration are shown below.
Compression Level ‘Basic’

backupset size: 327 M
time: 56 sec

Compression Level ‘HIGH’
backupset size: 266 M
time: 3 mins

Compression Level ‘Medium’
backupset size: 346 M
time:  35 sec

Compression Level ‘Low’
backupset size: 418 M
time: 15 sec

To summaries’ we can conclude:

LOW – corresponds to LZO (11gR2) – smallest compression ratio, fastest

MEDIUM – corresponds to ZLIB (11gR1) – good compression ratio, slower than LOW

HIGH – corresponds to unmodified BZIP2 (11gR2) – highest compression ratio, slowest

BASIC (which is free) – corresponds to BZIP2 (10g style compression) – compression ratio in the range of MEDIUM, but slower

To verify the time taken by backup & size etc

sqlplus>desc v$backup_files


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