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Consider a Test Database

Using a test database allows you to overcome the problems encountered by creating a mirror copy of your existing production database to use for testing purposes.

A very large database, by virtue of its size alone, prohibits creating a mirror copy for use as a test database. Logical segregation, to simplify testing and to help isolate problems discovered during the testing phase, is not easily achieved with mirror copies of large databases.