Re: ontape restore takes forever .....
Jack Gross (gross@pb.net) wrote:
: Hi, we are running Informix Online 7.10 under Solaris 2.4 and found that when
: attempting to restore a backup that was made using ontape that it takes
: a very long time. Our database is about 4.5 GB with about 2 GB of data in
: blobspaces and the rest in dbspace. A backup using ontape takes about
: two hours while a full restore takes about ten hours. In fact, I have been
: trying to set up replication which requires that I build the secondary server
: from a backup of the primary and it is painfully slow.
: I have asked Informix about this and they are not aware of a problem !!!!
: Jack Gross gross@dpg.rnb.com
: Derivative Products Group Republic National Bank of New York
: (212)525-8000
You didn't mention which version of 7.10 you were using. That
would be interesting for us to know. I became aware of a similar
problem in 7.10.UD1: A known bug causes the archives to take
four (4) times longer than in 7.10.UC1. Perhaps they are related.
In any case, I'd personally be interested in what you find out
since I'm on the same platform.
Regards,
Michael Reed, Radiix, Inc.
3588 Plymouth Rd. suite 257
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
313-677-UNIX mreed@radiix.com