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On Fri, 06 Apr 2001, Nosie wrote:
>The data size could be as large as 150GB. We never have the
We have several database ranging from ~400GB to over a terabyte. We back up to tape using hp omniback (~70gb per tape). Takes anywhere from 4 to 12 hours, depending upon the number of drives available at the time.
> 2. How large is the size of each backup file? What UNIX can handle more than
> 2 GB file reliably?
Any 64-bit *nix can handle it (hpux, tru64, etc). No real (reachable) outer size limit (ok, it reachable, but you'd have to try damn hard :)
> 3. How long will the backup process take time (in hours?), just roughly, I
> need your scientific guess.
See above.
Cheers,
GC
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