Cyndie Behrens wrote:
>
> >From:         Ian Northeast <i.northeast AT POCLK.DEMON.CO DOT UK>
> >Comments: To: "IBM SETS RECORD WITH BACKUP AND RESTORE OF
> >          DATABASE!!"@poclk.demon.co.uk
> >To:           ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >
> >Cyndie, this looks very good. Are any more details available, e.g. what
> >model RS/6000 is the server, how many tape drives are being used, is the
> >backup staged via disk and if so how big is the pool, what level is the
> >server software?
> >
> Ian, a detailed technial report is being written that your IBMer will
> be able to review with you.  The benchmarks were done on a RS/6000 SP,
> with different environments....some with uni-nodes, some with SMP nodes.
> The backups were done straight to the 3590 tapes...no disk pool.
> We'll really need to wait for the full technical report for all of the
> details...thanks, Cyndie Behrens (IBM San Jose)
Excellent,
Come and backup our 14 Terabyte database, sounds good though!!!??!!

Brian Johnson
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