The COMPRESSION parameter COMPRESSION ratio of EXPDP of Oracle11g is comparable to that of "gzip-9"

The EXPDP tool of Oracle11g provides ldquo in the true sense, which backs up and compresses rdquo. This technology is very useful when the backup space is insufficient. Oracle is improving and optimizing

Oracle 11g EXPDP provides ldquo in the true sense; backup compression rdquo; this technology is very practical when the backup space is insufficient. Oracle is improving and optimizing

This compression ratio can be comparable to the operating system "gzip-9". In some cases, it may be more efficient than gzip. For your reference.

1. COMPRESSION parameter description on the expdp help page in Oracle 11g
Secooler @ secDB/home/oracle $ expdp-help
......
COMPRESSION
Reduce the size of a dump file.
Valid keyword values are: ALL, DATA_ONLY, [METADATA_ONLY] and NONE.
......

It can be seen that the COMPRESSION parameter in the 11g provides four options: ALL, DATA_ONLY, METADATA_ONLY, and NONE, which are very rich. We will use the ALL parameter for operations later.

2. The COMPRESSION parameter in Oracle 10 Gb is described as follows:
Keyword Description (Default)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
......
COMPRESSION Reduce size of dumpfile contents where valid
Keyword values are: (METADATA_ONLY) and NONE.
......
The COMPRESSION parameter in 10 Gb only provides the METADATA_ONLY and NONE options, and basically does not provide the COMPRESSION function.

3. Use the four Compression Parameters of the 11g EXPDP tool to generate four dump files respectively.
1) Use the ALL Parameter
Secooler @ secDB/expdp $ expdp sec/sec dumpfile = sec_ALL.dmp logfile = sec_ALL.log tables = t directory = dump_dir compression = ALL

Export: Release 11.2.0.1.0-Production on Sat Mar 20 22:48:52 2010

Copyright (c) 1982,200 9, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0-64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Oracle Label Security, OLAP, Data Mining,
Oracle Database Vault and Real Application Testing options
Starting "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01": sec/******** dumpfile = sec_ALL.dmp logfile = sec_ALL.log tables = t directory = dump_dir compression = ALL
Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method...
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 136 MB
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
.. Exported "SEC". "T" 14.26 MB 1155520 rows
Master table "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully loaded/unloaded
**************************************** **************************************
Dump file set for SEC. SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01 is:
/Expdp/sec_ALL.dmp
Job "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully completed at 22:49:08

2) use the DATA_ONLY Parameter
Secooler @ secDB/expdp $ expdp sec/sec dumpfile = sec_DATA_ONLY.dmp logfile = sec_DATA_ONLY.log tables = t directory = dump_dir compression = DATA_ONLY

Export: Release 11.2.0.1.0-Production on Sat Mar 20 22:49:32 2010

Copyright (c) 1982,200 9, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0-64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Oracle Label Security, OLAP, Data Mining,
Oracle Database Vault and Real Application Testing options
Starting "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01": sec/******** dumpfile = sec_DATA_ONLY.dmp logfile = sec_DATA_ONLY.log tables = t directory = dump_dir compression = DATA_ONLY
Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method...
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 136 MB
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
.. Exported "SEC". "T" 14.26 MB 1155520 rows
Master table "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully loaded/unloaded
**************************************** **************************************
Dump file set for SEC. SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01 is:
/Expdp/sec_DATA_ONLY.dmp
Job "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully completed at 22:49:48

3) use the METADATA_ONLY Parameter
Secooler @ secDB/expdp $ expdp sec/sec dumpfile = sec_METADATA_ONLY.dmp logfile = sec_METADATA_ONLY.log tables = t directory = dump_dir compression = METADATA_ONLY

Export: Release 11.2.0.1.0-Production on Sat Mar 20 22:50:16 2010

Copyright (c) 1982,200 9, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0-64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Oracle Label Security, OLAP, Data Mining,
Oracle Database Vault and Real Application Testing options
Starting "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01": sec/******** dumpfile = sec_METADATA_ONLY.dmp logfile = sec_METADATA_ONLY.log tables = t directory = dump_dir compression = METADATA_ONLY
Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method...
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 136 MB
Processing object type TABLE_EXPORT/TABLE
.. Exported "SEC". "T" 111.7 MB 1155520 rows
Master table "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully loaded/unloaded
**************************************** **************************************
Dump file set for SEC. SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01 is:
/Expdp/sec_METADATA_ONLY.dmp
Job "SEC". "SYS_EXPORT_TABLE_01" successfully completed at 22:50:27

4) use the NONE Parameter
Secooler @ secDB/expdp $ expdp sec/sec dumpfile = sec_NONE.dmp logfile = sec_NONE.log tables = t directory = dump_dir compression = NONE

Export: Release 11.2.0.1.0-Production on Sat Mar 20 22:50:43 2010

Copyright (c) 1982,200 9, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.