Re: UNIX- HELP! ARE WE BE

Timothy Hood <timothy.hood@sltrib.com> wrote: >run a good backup and ensure it's integrity (though this is not required, >one would be rogue to continue without doing so) >cpio -p a directory to a file on disk in another location >check to ensure successful cpio >wipe out the original path >restore cpio back to original path >on successful restore, wipe out cpio file > >This is not glamorous, but it is free! We do something similar about once per year. However, I was under the impression that you need to re-create the filesystem in order to ensure contiguity of the replaced files. To make this more appropriate to the group: We're currently using Informix SE, which uses the unix filesystem and is therefore somewhat affected by fragmentation (although I've never been able to measure a difference after defragging). Is it necessary/desirable/possible to defragment Online dbspaces, which don't use the Unix filesystem? -- Mark Rafn dagon@halcyon.com http://www.halcyon.com/dagon/ Decadence is its own reward.