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Subject: Re: Exporting TBs of data in Oracle schema/database into CSV format
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So, the big question is: how much downtime can you afford on the current =
Oracle DB?

Yes, you should investigate the most efficient way to transfer data, but =
with TBs it will still be significant time. If you can afford the down =
time, great--kill all other connections to Oracle and go for it. If not, =
that's more complicated since you'll have to figure out a way to track =
and apply changes that happen during the copy...