Back up takes too long

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007C_01C3F531.1973ADC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wonder whether there are any ways to improve the speed of back up. I = am currently using ontape to back up the database to dell autoloader = daily. The back up time is about 4 hours for the database size of about 75 GB. = Any suggestion. Best Regards, Dorn Bhechsonggram ------=_NextPart_000_007C_01C3F531.1973ADC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wonder whether there are any ways to = improve the=20 speed of back up.&nbsp; I am currently using ontape to back up the = database to=20 dell autoloader daily.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The back up time is about 4 hours for = the database=20 size of about 75 GB.&nbsp; Any suggestion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dorn Bhechsonggram</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_007C_01C3F531.1973ADC0-- sending to informix-list

Dorn Bhechsonggram wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_007C_01C3F531.1973ADC0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I wonder whether there are any ways to improve the speed of back up. I = > am currently using ontape to back up the database to dell autoloader = > daily. > The back up time is about 4 hours for the database size of about 75 GB. = > Any suggestion. What is the OS and the tape parameters. 20GB an hour is not too bad. The other option is to do level 1/2s as well > > Best Regards, > > Dorn Bhechsonggram > -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #