Re: Anyone know about 'Obackup'?

In article <3s2jpp$1ah_at_newsbf02.news.aol.com>, RungOnMt <rungonmt_at_aol.com> wrote:
>I wrote:
>> This is the backup utility that was released and then pulled back by
 

>> My question is....I heard the rumour in a few places that it is the same
>> 3rd party product that Informix based their ONarchive utility on.

Not to my knowledge. As far as I knew Obackup/Oracle Parallel Backup was developed by Oracle (by the UNIX SBU) and that includes the core I/O part that did the tape multiplexing and I/O buffering and the user interface components, not sure what was left for them to purchase outside. In general Oracle tends to write software not purchase it, and is rather proud of doing so. I can't exclude them licencing some small part, but not to my knowledge.

Not wanting to over-defend Oracle here, clearly Obackup needed more work, but remember that their base image (online) backup is pretty respectable especially compared to supposed high-performance backup products provided by some other vendors.

>You Wrote:
>> It was not released and then pulled back. The product underwent beta
>>testing,
>>and feedback from the beta sites highlighted additional features for the
>>product. These are currently being incorporated.
>
>Wow! Sounds almost like a defense! Until I looked at your email address,
>I thought I was reading a quote from Oracle themselves! (LOL) :) :) OK,
>OK,
>so the revised story is that is was SUPPOSED to be released, and then due
>to 'feedback from the beta sites,' it was not release at the expected
>time...
>
>Anyway, it sounds like you are the first person I have actually heard from
>that really knows ANYTHING about it...
>
>Can you confirm/deny the rumor about it and Informix's ONarchive? I do
>know that Informix bought ONA from a 3rd party, and the rumor is that
>Obackup was bought from the same 3rd party....
>
>
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