We use an offsite NFS server as a filedevice for DB backups.


On 09/15/2004 12:11 PM, Orville Lantto wrote:

Why not just use a different tape drive/library for db backups?  This is
especially appealing for small shops where the bother of using a manual
library is less pain than the cost of tapes.

Orville L. Lantto
Datatrend Technologies, Inc.  (http://www.datatrend.com)
IBM Premier Business Partner
121 Cheshire Lane, Suite 700
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Email: Orville.Lantto AT datatrend DOT com

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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Lucian Greis
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:20 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Antwort: Re: each dbbackup to new tape?

well, having a small database (500MB) and a large tape (400GB) it's at
least a waste of tapes..

Regards, Lucian

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