On Feb 18, 2006, at 8:05 PM, Ron and Jenny Hawkins wrote:
Radoslaw,
I think the point is that for shops that use in system copies
(Shadowimage,
Flashcopy, Timefinder, etc) the time it takes to do the backup has
nothing
to do with the speed of tape.
All of vendors offer instant copy capabilities that can be
completed easily
in less than a minute, no matter if you copy a GB or a TB.
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Ron,
This has always bothered me. I will play beginner here. How can any
vendor copy a GB (or a TB) *INSTANTLY* there are laws of physics
here. A pipeline (even FICON or dark fiber) can only carry so much
traffic in an INSTANT.
I can understand warmed over copy (as data is updated the updated
data is transmitted) . Is this what you mean?
Even then (to me) its questionable if there is a GB being updated.
Please educate me in what is apparently FTL technology that has been
invented.
Ed
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