Re: ? Recommendations for VLDB backup strategy

In article <3266ECDC.6DE5@ix.netcom.com>, david flinn/jennifer opp <flopp@ix.netcom.com> writes >Hi, > >Just wondering what you would recommend as a backup >strategy for a large Informix 7.2 or 8.0 suite of >systems? > >Is there a good software tool to help manage 1 terabyte >of archived Informix ontapes? Or is there a program that >interfaces directly with an Informix API? I know there is >a program DBtools for Oracle. Anything for Informix? > >How about a good tape drive? A suite of 12 DLT, with a >Perl script runnings 12 ontapes in parallel? Do you use >a Storagetek or ATL device? > >Any clues out there? > >Thanks, > >david flinn >dflinn@kpmg.com I'd talk to Informix about the new tool which has/will come out with Online 7.2 which is called OnBar. It is supposed to be the best backup tool for Informix. There were two previous tools ontape which can only be used to restores complete dbspaces and only writes to one tape device at a time and OnArchive which was not written by Informix and even Informix admits is crap. Informix has written OnBar themselves and is not replying on outside resources to handle backups anymore. OnBar will define a low-level tape drive API which OnBar uses to control the tape drive and tape manufactures will write 'device drivers' which conform to this API. -- David Williams