According to Steve Cole:
>
> In a message dated 95-11-03 01:00:10 EST, [log in to unmask] (Terry Warns)
> writes:
>
> >At a current assignment, I am looking how to backup about 100
> >GBytes every night.  We have three possible solutions.
[snip]
>
>
> If cost is no object the multiple IBM tapes provide the highest performance
> at the highest price where DAT is the cheapest and the slowest.  With the
> online approach it may not matter.  By the way, the new version of
> Turbo-Store with 5.5 will support backup to disk which could then be
> stored to other media.
>
Why not use optical disk for an interrim storage location - use Turbo to
on-line backup to optical disk, then backup from optical to tape. Either way,
you will want plenty of cpu and i/o bandwidth to handle the online backup
overhead with normal processing.
 
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