Re: Is there a maximum tape size for archives, logs?

Gordon E. Hooker (gordonh@acslink.net.au) wrote: : junet@informix.com (June Tong) wrote: : >Bill Duncan (bill@concord.fmr.com) wrote: : >: I've been told there is a 2G limit for tape archives. Is this true? : > : >Informix places a 2TB (terabyte) limit on archive tape size (at least for : >tbtape/ontape - can't remember what onarchive does). : I beg to differ but if it was tbtape the limit was 2GB pre DSA... I'm sorry, but that is not true. At least from version 4.0 up, it has always been 2TB. The tapesize field in tbmonitor will not let you enter a value larger than 2000000000 (or maybe it's 2048......), but that is in Kbytes. June ---- June Tong Informix Software ---- ---- Senior Consultant (415) 926-6140 ---- ---- International Support junet@informix.com ---- ---- Location-du-jour: Menlo Park, on a break from Beijing ----