Re: Backup & Restore

From: Jerome Vitalis <vitalismanN05P4M_at_gmail.com.invalid>
Date: 18 Sep 2007 17:24:45 GMT
Message-ID: <46f009dd$0$7211$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-07.noos.net>

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:10:13 -0500, Brian Peasland wrote:

> Actually, IUB can save you more disk space. You won't have multiple
> level 1 backups lying around. The level 0 is "updated" (hence the term
> Incrementally Updated) with changes from the previous level 1.

But it doesn't save any disk space in typical backup infrastructures where backups are taken to tapes directly. IUB requires a level 0 on disk.

> If your database is small, then incrementals may not be of any interest
> to you. If your database is small, then why not just perform a full
> backup every time? Incremental backups were not created for small
> databases. They were created to reduce the backup window of large
> databases.

Exactly my opinion on that subject.

I hope the OP will read your second explanation which was really good. ;)

Jerome Received on Tue Sep 18 2007 - 12:24:45 CDT