Re: High speed backup devices

In article dated Sat, 10 Feb 1996 02:08:10 GMT, Jim Olsen (jolsen_at_atl.mindspring.com) wrote:
> pp001868_at_interramp.com (Bob Obenour CDS) wrote:

[ about slow backup times ]

> Try 3490 tape drives. much faster than 8mm. 8mm is probably the
> slowest tape media you can use.

True. Our site uses a IBM 3490E cartridge drive on a RS/6000 Model 590. We can back up about 10 gigabytes of data (Oracle database) in about 45 minutes.

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