On Thursday 03 January 2008, Richard Sims wrote: > On Jan 3, 2008, at 4:23 AM, Stef Coene wrote: > > ... > > For the storage, help :) I want to biggest possible backup speed > > and more > > important, restore speed. Most imporant data is oracle database, > > so big > > amounts of data (not much small files). > > > > I can go for DISK or for FILE device classes. ... > > Stef - > > I would generally recommend tape: > Where few, large files are involved, the tape is going to operate in > streaming mode, where it is most efficient, and therein tape is > usually faster than random access disk, depending upon the drive > types you are using there. No tape, backup to disk. Customer don't want a tape library (we have a small one for offsite tapes) and don't want (to pay for) a VTL.
Stef
