Not easy to answer, because it depends on
a) the number of files on the specific tape (database intensive!)
b) the amount of bytes on the specific tape (IO intensive)

We have a similiar environment and a MOVE DATA of a full tape takes a minimum of
30-45 minutes, and some tapes (with more than 100.000 files and compressed 100
Gb on it) takes 3 or 4 hours. So it's not easy to answer.....

Gerhard Wolkerstorfer





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Gerhard,

Thanks for the info... by the way, what kind of time frame are we looking at for
a MOVE DATA operation.

Regards, Joe