On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 11:14:26PM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote:
> Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >Until now I've never seen a 240GB file system :))
> 
> Me neither, up to last week, when they called me for advice
> how to backup a 800 GB filesystem (4 x 200 GB SATA disks), containing
> one large Oracle database.  The hardware was completely configured
> already, so was the database, so was the tapedrive.
> 
> The tapedrive was a DDS3 tape.

And of course it is not a changer :))

> Anybody any idea?  (No budget for another tapedrive :-) )

There is always John Stange's Span'n'Split changes.

> Sometimes I really really get tired...

And sleep doesn't help the condition.

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