RE: Data migration

Posted in 2000

Henderson, Scott — Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:17:49 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Jim, We just migrated 1.1 TB from an EMC3700 to an EMC8730 using dd without incident. Scott H. > -----Original Message----- > From: jimm@burton.com [SMTP:jimm@burton.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:29 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Data migration > > I am going to move a 300G+ Informix database from one system to another, > and due to several constraints (that I am not pleased about but must > deal with), I am thinking of doing a dd copy from one set of disks to > another. Has anyone ever done this before and survived? > > Examples of constraints: one tape drive (very long back/restore time), > don't have a set of disks large enough to hold the DB for the > intermediate step of dbexport/dbimport. > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.