Re: OmniBack II, DLT4000 - other Backup Issues

From: Graham Knight <grahamk_at_ast.lmco.com>
Date: 1997/06/04
Message-ID: <3395A760.145F@ast.lmco.com>#1/1

Sudheer Marisetti wrote:
>
> + We were told that backing up using SAM B&R will make backups slower
> and the tapes can hold only 16 GB/tape compared to OmniBack II which can
> hold up to 40 GB/tape.

What you call SAM B&R is simply fbackup and frecover. The statement that fbackup created backups will only hold 16GB per tape is pure hogwash. I make ~40GB backups with fbackup and a DLT4000 regularly.

Based on that bogus information i would consider anything else they tell you highly suspsect.

Graham Received on Wed Jun 04 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT