Re: Using ontape when the server is up ?

Jack A wrote: > Is there any problem in backing up the instance during normal working hours > ? I'd expect there to be some head movement on the disks which might slow > down some user operations, but that shouldnt be noticeable. I'd just like to > be sure about this though. I agree with the others that the product was originally called OnLine because it stays on-line 24x7, even during backups. However, you can consider an archive to be a large batch job. It depends on what other users are doing, and OLTP access will probably not notice. I have seen problems, actually after hours, when an archive clashes with other batch jobs, they took a huge hit in performance. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list