Why you should use Oracle datapump

• Similar look and feel to the old exp/imp
• Can filter on the full range of object types
• Can re-map datafiles and or tablespaces on import
• Parallelizable
• Significantly faster than the traditional exp/imp
• PL/SQL interface - programmable
• Can import through a network link
• Tracking in V$session_longops
• Interruptible and restartable