Re: DDS-3 tape backup for HP9000

Michael Kolupar <mikek@mixcom.com> wrote: >We have a HP9000-k400 running HPUX 10.01 and Informix 7.13.UC1. We are >currently making level 0 archives to a 90 meter DDS-1. Our current >archive is running 7+ hours and 4 tapes. I am exploring the HP >SureStore DDS-3 backup solution with or without the autoloader. Why the DLT is not in the list ?!?!? DLT is much more quicker and You dont need the autoloader ?!?! ( If your database is about 4* 1.3 DB or 6 GB then you need only one DLT III -tape and if the database is growing then DLT III XT or DLT IV-tapes gives to you more capacity ( 15 and 20 GB uncompressed capacity ). And the DLT7000 is coming ( 35 GB to single tape + compression, speed about twice the speed of DLT4000 .. ) ( maybe you need couple of patches or upgrade the OS to 10.20 ?! ) >I am wondering if anyone has any comments on the subject. Like does it >work, is this a good solution and is it compatible with OnLine 7x. I am >also interested to know how the tape change is handled by ontape. I have done backups with DLT ( and DDS-2 ) with 7.22 and 10.20, no problems so far ( knock the wood ?!? ) -- Juha -- >Any thoughts or suggestions on a better solution would be appreciated. >Thank you.