Re: ontape restore takes forever .....

In article <451e3d$cmv@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>, Michael Reed - Radiix <mreed@ese721> wrote: >Jack Gross (gross@pb.net) wrote: > >: Hi, we are running Informix Online 7.10 under Solaris 2.4 and found that when >: attempting to restore a backup that was made using ontape that it takes >: a very long time. Our database is about 4.5 GB with about 2 GB of data in >: blobspaces and the rest in dbspace. A backup using ontape takes about >: two hours while a full restore takes about ten hours. In fact, I have been >: trying to set up replication which requires that I build the secondary server >: from a backup of the primary and it is painfully slow. > >: I have asked Informix about this and they are not aware of a problem !!!! > > > >: Jack Gross gross@dpg.rnb.com >: Derivative Products Group Republic National Bank of New York >: (212)525-8000 > >You didn't mention which version of 7.10 you were using. That >would be interesting for us to know. I became aware of a similar >problem in 7.10.UD1: A known bug causes the archives to take >four (4) times longer than in 7.10.UC1. Perhaps they are related. >In any case, I'd personally be interested in what you find out >since I'm on the same platform. > >Regards, > >Michael Reed, Radiix, Inc. >3588 Plymouth Rd. suite 257 >Ann Arbor, MI 48105 >313-677-UNIX mreed@radiix.com I am actualy running 7.10 UC1 which really scares me if UD1 will be four times slower than the snails pace that I am already at !!!!! Jack Gross gross@dpg.rnb.com Derivative Products Group Republic National Bank of New York (212)525-8000