Re: Compression with ontape

Posted in 1998

Curtis Preston — Mon, 23 Mar 1998 23:55:35 -0600 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Gabriela Bellani wrote: > > Hi, > We are experiencing with a new tape device (EXABYTE 8500 8mmm Helical > Scan ) for doing ontape. The default mode of operation of the device is > with compression ON. We did a Level 0 archive (18GB to back up) with > ontape in an hour and a half, and the corresponding restore took the same > time... > Are there any disadvantages when using compression ? I've heard some time > ago that we shouldn't use compression with ontape...is that true ? I remember being told this by Informix support that they would not support if we went to a compression device. I don't know if that is still the case, but it's a bunch of hogwash. There's no difference to them. There is no downside to it either. All you get is a faster backup & restore. BTW, if you want to automate your archives and continuous backups (free), check out: http://www.backupcentral.com/mytools.com