Re: backup takes too long

David Williams wrote: > > In article <33776BAF.55E9BF92@mindspring.com>, Tim Schaefer > <tschaefe@mindspring.com> writes > >Curtis Preston wrote: > >> > >I hear about is the reliability, so maybe more enlightenment on this > >would help > >us all. It would be nice to have a definitive reason not to use > >OnArchive. > > > Reliabillity is the main problem + the fat that you need a two day > training course from Informix to learn how to use it. > Well, actually I learned it in about a half-day--seriously. It requires a little experimentation, but is not that difficult to use. The concepts are barely clear in the documentation, but this is consistent with other Informix docs. :-) But don't misunderstand, I don't necessarily think much of the interface, or the product, and really don't want to recommend it if there's a better way. The reports that restores could be worthless give me reason enough not to use it. > On the 5-day Online Admin course I went to in June 95 the instructor > advised us not to go on the 2 day course as onarhive basically doesn't > work and that a replacement was due out real soon now...that > replacement clearly became onbar.. > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Tim > > > > -- > David Williams Thanks David... BTW, onbar on WGS 7.22 looks easy enough to use, but not having a tape drive on my WinNT machine I can't say if it's any good. Haven't tried onbar on-site on a UNIX yet... -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) ------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o--------- http://www.mindspring.com/~tschaefe http://www.inxutil.com MAKE TIDAL WAVES DIVE IN THE OCEAN IS BIG