Re: RE: backup takes too long

In article <5mvtnu$bjc@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, From croft.evelyn@dorseylaw.com ("Croft, Evelyn"), the following was written: > In my backyard our level 0 backups are now 8 tapes heading for 9. We > are = > looking at 10-12 hours depending on system activity per one sitting. > = Can anyone recommend any good automatic tape backup system.... > getting a = little tired of 12 hour shifts. We have an HP70/Informix > combination What hardware do you have? You can probably buy a much faster tape drive an significantly reduce your backup time. -- I am currently writing a book for O'Reilly Publishing about enterprise backup and recovery, and would really appreciate hearing anything you would like to ask me or tell me. If you have problems with something, then others will as well. Can you think of anything else that should go in such a book?