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Site of the Month for October 2011

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:16:12 +0000

Site of the Month for October 2011 is concerned with Export Resources. Export Listing covers information related to export assistance, automotive, health and beauty, home decor, diversified, metals, minerals, automotive dealers, truck sales, recreation and sports, apparel, fashion, agricultural chemicals, farm, forestry products and ranch equipment.

How can one improve Import/ Export performance?

admin — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:24:21 +0000

EXPORT:

* Set the BUFFER parameter to a high value (e.g. 2Mb — entered as an integer “2000000″)
* Set the RECORDLENGTH parameter to a high value (e.g. 64Kb — entered as an integer “64000″)
* Use DIRECT=yes (direct mode export)
* Stop unnecessary applications to free-up resources for your job.
* If you run multiple export sessions, ensure they write to different physical disks.
* DO NOT export to an NFS mounted filesystem. It will take forever.

IMPORT:

* Create an indexfile so that you can create indexes AFTER you have imported data. Do this by setting INDEXFILE to a filename and then import. No data will be imported but a file containing index definitions will be created. You must edit this file afterwards and supply the passwords for the schemas on all CONNECT statements.
* Place the file to be imported on a separate physical disk from the oracle data files
* Increase DB_CACHE_SIZE (DB_BLOCK_BUFFERS prior to 9i) considerably in the init$SID.ora file
* Set the LOG_BUFFER to a big value and restart oracle.
* Stop redo log archiving if it is running (ALTER DATABASE NOARCHIVELOG;)
* Create a BIG tablespace with a BIG rollback segment inside. Set all other rollback segments offline (except the SYSTEM rollback segment of course). The rollback segment must be as big as your biggest table (I think?)
* Use COMMIT=N in the import parameter file if you can afford it
* Use STATISTICS=NONE in the import parameter file to avoid time consuming to import the statistics
* Remember to run the indexfile previously created

Interstate Auto Transport

Alan Smiths — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:54:46 +0000

Interstate car transport service is available in various parts of United States of America. The demand for auto transport services have increased because many business people and general customers are using this service. Proper arrangements have to be made to ship the car from one state to another. Many companies can transport your car between states. They are fully licensed and have experienced drivers who know all the states car routes properly.

When you are using interstate auto transport service see to it that your car is insured because if any damage has occurred to the car while in transit you can claim damages from the car transport company. Do get quotes from all the auto transport company before selecting any particular company and signing the contract.

When you are transporting your vehicle to another state, do remember certain points. Disable all the alarms in the car, remove all the personal belongings from the car, drain your fuel level to less than half tank etc. Pick up and delivery dates are only estimates and not guaranteed. There are a lot of factors which are not under the control of auto Transport Company but can impact pick up and delivery dates.

Some auto transport companies may ask for 10-25% of deposit amount or even full payment in advance. The due amount can be asked at the time of delivery. Some vehicle shipping companies may accept credit card or cashier’s check or cash the truck arrives. You have to choose which payment is comfortable to you. Using an auto transport company to ship your vehicle makes a lot of sense. After all, they’re the experts and most have plenty of experience.