Bill,

How long is a db backup taking?  Are you doing full db backups daily or do
you use a full/incremental scheme?

My experience has shown that a db restore is just about as fast as db
backup.  That is once the process starts reading data from the tape.  The
most annoying thing about restoring the db on NT, if you have to rebuild the
db and log volumes, is the length of time it takes to format those volumes.

I looked at one of the db volumes using a text editor.  The word eric
appears over and over and over...  Who is Eric?

Kelly J. Lipp
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