Re: backup takes too long

On 31 May 97 at 17:51, Curtis Preston wrote: > Well, Billy, I'm just trying to help, so I'm not sure why you chose > to immediately flame me. I am well aware that there are a number of ? I make a chirp and you think it's a flame? All I was trying to say that people who have some idea of what they're doing might try to extend the product into its instabilities. All I said was that I had the software work fine, but I was using base level functionality. I appreciate you're stressed out, but don't take it out on me. > I AM indeed a principal consultant with Pencom Systems > Administration, specializing in data protection and disaster > recovery, and have specialized in it for over 4 years now. I have > setup backup/recovery systems from the simple desktop to 100's of > servers with terabytes of data. And, as my signature indicates, I > am writing O'Reilly's first book on the subject. The only time in > that four year career that something I setup potentially caused data > loss was Onarchive. I'm impressed by your credentials (aren't we all?), but I think it's completely irrelevant. People with vastly inferior credentials have also posted hassles with OnArchive. > Summary: > > I am not the only one to report problems with Onarchive. If you've > been getting along just fine, great. I am warning you that the > dangers are there. Ask yourself why Informix went and coded onbar > in the first place? It's essentially a completely competing > product. Why would they do that if Onarchive was working just fine? I don't think it's been any secret amongst the Informix community that OnArchive had a limited shelf life. > If you want to keep driving the pinto, just because it hasn't blown > up on YOU yet, that's fine with me. Thanks, I'll stick to my BMW. I use SE and tar in-house... :-) Meantime, Curtis, try switching to decaf. -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Johannesburg, Murder Capital of the World GEMINI May 21 - June 20 You are quick and intelligent and a thinker. People like you because you are bisexual. However, you are inclined to expect too much for too little. This means you are a cheap bastard. Geminis are liars, notoriously lousy lovers and thrive on incest.