Re: Database Backup Schedules

Posted in 1995

Joe Matuscak — 4 May 1995 09:38:04 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Wed, 3 May 1995, Clem Akins wrote: > Now that we have a clue, here's the real deal... > We got a big digital linear tape (DLT) drive that holds 20GB, and we > do a level 0 every day. There are several things to beware of, though: > Informix won't support > tape-drive level compression Could you explain this a bit? Im under the impression that (in the case of a TZ87 on Ultrix) that if you write stuff to /dev/rmt0h (for example) the driver kicks in the compression automatically, the application isnt really aware of whats going out to the tape. Joe Matuscak Rohrer Corporation 717 Seville Road Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 (216)335-1541 Matuscak@Rohrer.com