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RE: Tape drive or No tape drive ?

Posted in 1999

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Server Administration, Logging & Checkpoints

William Raper — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

You'd be looking for a utility to retrieve the contents of /dev/null.......... > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Tan [SMTP:tankc@singnet.com.sg] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:39 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Tape drive or No tape drive ? > > Currently, we do not have a tape drive installed. Our setting in the > onconfig is > LTAPEDEV /dev/null. What are the implications of these ? > > I have read that the transactions are recorded in the logical logs. Now > that > the logical logs are backup to /dev/null, what would happen when there is > a > power failure ? > > Thanks in advance ! > >

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Fergus Hayne — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

That'd be divine intervention? William Raper <WilliamR@catmktg.com> wrote in message news:7saj19$3ik$1@news.xmission.com... > > You'd be looking for a utility to retrieve the contents of > /dev/null.......... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Tan [SMTP:tankc@singnet.com.sg] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:39 AM > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Tape drive or No tape drive ? > > > > Currently, we do not have a tape drive installed. Our setting in the > > onconfig is > > LTAPEDEV /dev/null. What are the implications of these ? > > > > I have read that the transactions are recorded in the logical logs. Now > > that > > the logical logs are backup to /dev/null, what would happen when there is > > a > > power failure ? > > > > Thanks in advance ! > > > >

↪ replying to Fergus Hayne
Art S. Kagel — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Fergus Hayne wrote: > > That'd be divine intervention? Or a friendly neighborhood Q continuum member ;-) Art S. Kagel > William Raper <WilliamR@catmktg.com> wrote in message > news:7saj19$3ik$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > You'd be looking for a utility to retrieve the contents of > > /dev/null.......... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matthew Tan [SMTP:tankc@singnet.com.sg] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:39 AM > > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > Subject: Tape drive or No tape drive ? > > > > > > Currently, we do not have a tape drive installed. Our setting in the > > > onconfig is > > > LTAPEDEV /dev/null. What are the implications of these ? > > > > > > I have read that the transactions are recorded in the logical logs. Now > > > that > > > the logical logs are backup to /dev/null, what would happen when there > is > > > a > > > power failure ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance ! > > > > > >

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