Oracle Backup to Disks or Tapes

I need some opinion from you DBA gurus,

The way I have been doing Oracle Backup is as follows: I use SQL-BACKTRACK to backup the databases to disks and the Data Center do the Unix Backup the database files (export files or database physical files) into tapes. It's been working very well for me so far. Now SQL-BACKTRACK has a special module for HP Omini BACKUP, which supposedly integrate with Omini BACKUP utility. This implies that I have to backup the databases to tapes. My experience (second-hand) with backing up databases to tapes is that there is more DBA involvement in the backup procedures that backing up databases to disks. I would appreciate it very much if you tell me which way you prefer, backing up to disks then let Data Center taking care of backing database files to tapes; or backing up databases directly to tapes.

Thanks.

Yuan Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 18:49:37 CDT