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RE: Back up takes too long

Posted in 2004

Topics: General Discussion

malcolm weallans — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Well, Paul Watson also said do level 1s/2s so Yahboo - sucks. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Neil Truby Sent: 17 February 2004 17:17 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Back up takes too long "malcolm weallans" <malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com> wrote in message news:c0ti0s$kpu$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > I assume you are doing level-0. So why not try doing level-0 weekly, > and level-1 daily. That should reduce the time, but at the cost of a > slightly longer restore. Because it's one more thing to go wrong. No-one does incremental back-ups any more, Malcolm. You're showing your age! sending to informix-list

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Paul Watson — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

No I don't do incrementals as a rule, but I know sites that do malcolm weallans wrote: > > Well, Paul Watson also said do level 1s/2s so Yahboo - sucks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On Behalf Of Neil Truby > Sent: 17 February 2004 17:17 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Back up takes too long > > "malcolm weallans" ?malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com? wrote in message > news:c0ti0s$kpu$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > ? I assume you are doing level-0. So why not try doing level-0 weekly, > ? and level-1 daily. That should reduce the time, but at the cost of a > ? slightly longer restore. > > Because it's one more thing to go wrong. > No-one does incremental back-ups any more, Malcolm. You're showing your > age! > > sending to informix-list -- 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 #

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Neil Truby — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

He's old too. "malcolm weallans" <malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com> wrote in message news:c0tp1p$mss$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > Well, Paul Watson also said do level 1s/2s so Yahboo - sucks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On Behalf Of Neil Truby > Sent: 17 February 2004 17:17 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Back up takes too long > > > "malcolm weallans" <malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com> wrote in message > news:c0ti0s$kpu$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > > I assume you are doing level-0. So why not try doing level-0 weekly, > > and level-1 daily. That should reduce the time, but at the cost of a > > slightly longer restore. > > Because it's one more thing to go wrong. > No-one does incremental back-ups any more, Malcolm. You're showing your > age! > > > sending to informix-list

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Paul Watson — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Informix ages you:-) Neil Truby wrote: > > He's old too. > > "malcolm weallans" ?malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com? wrote in message > news:c0tp1p$mss$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > ? > ? Well, Paul Watson also said do level 1s/2s so Yahboo - sucks. > ? > ? -----Original Message----- > ? From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > ? On Behalf Of Neil Truby > ? Sent: 17 February 2004 17:17 > ? To: informix-list@iiug.org > ? Subject: Re: Back up takes too long > ? > ? > ? "malcolm weallans" ?malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com? wrote in message > ? news:c0ti0s$kpu$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > ? > ? ? I assume you are doing level-0. So why not try doing level-0 weekly, > ? ? and level-1 daily. That should reduce the time, but at the cost of a > ? ? slightly longer restore. > ? > ? Because it's one more thing to go wrong. > ? No-one does incremental back-ups any more, Malcolm. You're showing your > ? age! > ? > ? > ? sending to informix-list -- 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 #

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Obnoxio The Clown — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > He's old too. ...and confused! > "malcolm weallans" <malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com> wrote in message > news:c0tp1p$mss$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... >> >> Well, Paul Watson also said do level 1s/2s so Yahboo - sucks. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] >> On Behalf Of Neil Truby >> Sent: 17 February 2004 17:17 >> To: informix-list@iiug.org >> Subject: Re: Back up takes too long >> >> >> "malcolm weallans" <malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com> wrote in message >> news:c0ti0s$kpu$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... >> >> > I assume you are doing level-0. So why not try doing level-0 weekly, >> > and level-1 daily. That should reduce the time, but at the cost of a >> > slightly longer restore. >> >> Because it's one more thing to go wrong. >> No-one does incremental back-ups any more, Malcolm. You're showing your >> age! -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche