>Are empty data base pages writen to tape during a "backup db type=full"
>command?  If no, do the empty pages have to be scanned/read?
>
>I currently have spare disks that will eventually be needed for database
and
>log space and their associated mirrors.  I was going to define these
volumes
>now; but I was wondering if that may extend the database dump both in
>time and size.