Jim Killam ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: This weekend I had the chance to test out a DLT drive our 939 and 995 systems
: and I have to say that I was impressed with the results!All of our systems do
: a disk-to-disk backup prior to processing and a disk-to-disk backup after
: processing and then our tape backup stores all of the before and after backup
: files to tape (these files are compressed). On our 939 this process averages
: about 3 hours,but I hooked up a DLT drive and ran the same job and it took 23
: minutes. On our 995 this process runs about 12 hours and again after hooking
: up the DLT and running the same job, it took 93 minutes !
What kind of tape device was being used before??  DDS-1 or DDS-2.
Was the process being measured the Store Only or the entire processing
(backup, process, backup, store)?
Could you mention the Vendor of the DLT?
Thanx --
 James Overman HP Support Technology Lab  Roseville, CA