Re: Tape drive or No tape drive ?

From: "Matthew Tan" <tankc@singnet.com.sg> > >Currently, we do not have a tape drive installed. Our setting in the >onconfig is >LTAPEDEV /dev/null. What are the implications of these ? I think your backups must be *very* fast. But you'll find they take forever to restore. >I have read that the transactions are recorded in the logical logs. Now >that >the logical logs are backup to /dev/null, what would happen when there is >a >power failure ? Well, you wouldn't be able to roll your logs forward, that's for sure! Seriously, you should be backing up your logical logs to tape. If you have any problems. you are going to be in a Very Difficult Situation (TM) ... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com