Re: Ontape being really, really, really SLOW...

It's because of the "5GB 8mm tape", they are dog-slow, a max. thru'put of not gt 1MB/sec. But if you mean restore is running A LOT slower, it could mean a bad tape/tape drive...Try cleaning first... Chris Narkinsky, Pat (Pat.Narkinsky@rivhs.com) wrote: : Running Informix 7.24UC5, Aix 4.3.0, RS/6000 P20. Tape drive is listed as : '5GB 8mm tape' and is an IBM (sorry I don't have more complete info) . : Using ontape to backup this system, the backup process takes around 2 hours : for ~5GB of data. Currently, the restore is running at over 24 with no end : in site. Near as I can tell, the system is just taking its time and not : pushing the hardware very hard. Unfortunately, I am probably going to have : to restore this database a number of times over the next couple of weeks. : Does anyone have ANY suggestions on ways to speed up the restore? I have : disk space available if that will help, but my impression has been that it : likely would not.