RE: Oracle backups so a bit OT

Posted in 2005

Dirk Moolman — Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:43:07 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of DA Morgan Sent: 04 February 2005 08:52 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org > > >And more and more I am seeing large shops not using tape. > >The cost of tape vs inexpensive hard disks, if anything, favors the >disks not to mention they are both faster and more secure. I see >more and more people rotating hard disks rather than tapes. But for Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery, you will have to take your backups to tape somehow - unless you have hot stanbys / mirrors located else where ..... sending to informix-list