RE: Informix Database Backups

Posted in 1992

3B2 Users Group — Thu, 30 Apr 92 14:05:02 CET — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In X-Informix-List-Id: <news.1117> Eric Chen responds: > There are three ways to do Informix backup: "tbtape", "tbunload" and > "dbexport". Each with different performance( time and storage required) and > dbexport is the WORST one in terms of time required ! Eric, I agree with you on DBEXPORT, but, if it's the only tool you have, you make do with it. Some of us ain't lucky or rich enough for ON-LINE. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Kane Internet: bob@worms-emh2.army.mil (IP 134.235.9.2) TechDyn Systems Voice: (049) 6241-75936 (WORMS, GERMANY) CMR 421, BOX 706 Fax: (049) 6241-500154 APO AE 09056