Jim, Can you elaborate on the backup package that you are using, how you configured the DLT drive and what 'brand' of DLT you are using? Thanks Paul H. Christidis ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: DLT Drive Performance Author: Jim Killam <[log in to unmask]> at CCGATE Date: 11/4/1996 5:03 PM 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 ! Jim Killam Weyerhaeuser