Re: Copying a database - suggestions please

Ye Chenwen wrote: > Ever consider to buy a RAID storage system? You'll never need to do any > backup once you get one. That's an awful idea, RAID will never protect you from accidents, be them logical (oninit -iy) or phisical (Obnoxio's fire) or even worse, a deliverate atack to your DB. Backup is a most and your only hope. Forget religion :-) -- Arturo Rodr'guez Mutis Director de Inform'tica Melexa Ltda. PBX (571) 360 3055 FAX (571) 360 2562 e-mail melexa@colomsat.net.co

OK, thank you all for the better or worse ideas. But remember, nobody and nothing could assure you 100% data protection. And software is always weaker than hardware. So if your budget permits, buy a Storage Area Network system which is pretty mature nowadays yet expensive. Arturo Rodr'guez Mutis wrote in message <7dthop$prp$1@news.xmission.com>... > > > >Ye Chenwen wrote: > >> Ever consider to buy a RAID storage system? You'll never need to do any >> backup once you get one. > >That's an awful idea, RAID will never protect you from accidents, be them >logical (oninit -iy) or phisical (Obnoxio's fire) or even worse, a deliverate >atack to your DB. Backup is a most and your only hope. Forget religion :-) > >-- >Arturo Rodr'guez Mutis >Director de Inform'tica >Melexa Ltda. >PBX (571) 360 3055 >FAX (571) 360 2562 >e-mail melexa@colomsat.net.co > >

Okay, thank you for the better and worse ideas. But remember, nobody and nothing could assure you 100% of data protection. And software is always weaker than hardware. So if your budget permits, buy a Storage Area Network system which is pretty mature nowadays yet expensive. Of course if your data are not very critical and small in volume, that'll be another thing. Have a nice day!