Originally posted by jmodic
The main question I see here is: Why on earth would someone want to take full export of a database every six hours? And with CONSISTENT=Y on top of that!!??

If this is your main mean of backup then your backup-recovery scenario simply sucks. If it is not, then why would you do it 4 times a day?
Now, now jmodic. You've got to learn to roll your eyes, sigh, and move on.