Re: backup takes too long

In article <33790A96.1757@netcomuk.co.uk>, From Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk>, the following was written: > As to an alternative to onarchive; my site is quite new to Informix, > and before I arrived was being administered by Informix consultants. > They had installed the onarchive procedures because we had a > requirement to back up to disk (the archive is immediately ftp'd to a > remote site for contingency), and ontape to disk isn't supported. But > if I'd been there from the start, I'd have used ontape anyway, and > would commend it as a solution. IMHO it's perfectly OK provided you > know what you're doing and you take due care. I have been using ontape to backup to disk for years. It's works fine, lasts a long time. I completely automated the backup of over 50 informix instances using scripts which backup to disk and tape. The only thing is that Informix doesn't officially support it. But it works just fine. If the only reason you are using onarchive is disk backups, we should talk! (They also don't support backing up to a compression tape drive, believe it or not.) !N2 -- 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?