On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, dy018 wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Recently i was told by symantec that using Flashbackup to backup the raw 
> device will greatly increased the backup and restore time.
>
> After reading through the admin guide abt the advanced client, i also 
> understand that flashbackup also able to do file level restore instead on 
> restoring the entire volume which i initially tot is going to be the trade 
> off.
>
> This spark a question, so a flashbackup is almost the same as a normal file 
> level based backup which also able to retore individual files, wat are the 
> cons of using flashbackup beside higher cost to buy the advanced client 
> licenses? Anyone here knows the pros and cons?
>
> Regards

Pros: Backup 30-40 million files on Solaris in 8 hours.
       Without it, it took 5-6 days.
Cons: Uses a lot of memory/CPU (possibly) to do so when you do not do a FULL
       restore.


Justin.

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