Unattended multi-tape backup

Hi all, I'm looking for a storage manager to use that will support Informix 7.31.TCx on NT4. I need it to do multi-tape unattended hot backups. I know Informix suggest using ArcServe or Lagoto. I need to backup a database that is about 300Gig in size. Most (290G) of the database is one large BlobSpace. Does anyone have any real world experience using ether one of these products, with a tape autoloader or a muti-drive tape device? Thanks in advance, David Donaldson Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

I have successfully used Informix's ISM package with a tape drive that had autochanger. I modified the scripts and configuration slightly to call a shell script which was responsible for changing tapes whenever the tape filled. Since ISM is a layer around a brain damaged Legato, I used some of Legato's documentation to determine how to get my script to runwhen the tape filled. S.W. daviddnv@yahoo.com wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm looking for a storage manager to use that will support Informix > 7.31.TCx on NT4. I need it to do multi-tape unattended hot backups. I > know Informix suggest using ArcServe or Lagoto. I need to backup a > database that is about 300Gig in size. Most (290G) of the database is > one large BlobSpace. > Does anyone have any real world experience using ether one of these > products, with a tape autoloader or a muti-drive tape device? > Thanks in advance, > David Donaldson > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.