RE: Fw: Just got back from SQL*Server 2000 training...

See below...
>
> Backups directly to tape require the tape to be attached
> locally to SQL Server.
> >>>>>> Okay, if you really want to transfer your 10+GB
> database over the
> >>>>>> network each night, I suppose you will need to use Oracle.
>
> JS: 10+GB over the network is trivial. If you are using
> anything that approaches enterprise level backups, you will
> dedicate some fast pipes to your network attached tape
> system. This means that if you're using for instance Tivoli
> with a StorageTek Tape Silo,you must copy it first to disk,
> since you're not going to have direct access. Making backups
> to disk first tends to break any Oracle specific tape
> cataloging system ( RMAN for instance ) so that files must be
> located manually in case of a restore.
>

I think the real key is that the value of 10GB is quoted as an extreme example! Just affirms my opinion that SQL-Server is where Oracle was over 10 years ago....

James

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