Re: backup takes too long

On 12 May 97 at 15:12, Tim Schaefer wrote: > Curtis Preston wrote: > > Bill, I've got to disagree with you big time. Onarchive is a nightmare, > > and should not be used for anything. Take the lead from Informix, and > > dump it. (That's why they wrote onbar!) Your "this will require some > > setup" is putting it mildly. I am a data protection expert, and worked > > with Onarchive for many months. Short version: > > > > 1) read the manual 4 times > > 2) went to the official class > > 3) spent 4 months designing and testing a solution > > 4) tried ~3~ times to do a recovery using the backups. > > 5) After multiple failures, we gave up, bought a bigger/faster drive > > and went back to ontape. > Are you suggesting the restore features of OnArchive do not work > correctly, > or are you talking about the product in general? Erm, I've done successful restores in a production environment. I am definitely *not* a data protection expert, so I don't know what I could have done wrong... :-) Perhaps I erred in making a fairly simple backup strategy. Having said that, however, I didn't find OnArchive to be a particularly usable product... :-( -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Kuwait City Help fight crime in South Africa: http://www.robkaplan.org.za/