Problem where no matter how slow the FTP is, is when you have to wait 4 days for Iron Mountain to return the tape!! ______________________________________________________________ Dick Goulet / Capgemini North America P&C / East Business Unit Senior Oracle DBA / Hosting Office: 508.573.1978 / Mobile: 508.742.5795 / www.capgemini.com Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 45 Bartlett St. / Marlborough, MA 01752 Together: the Collaborative Business Experience ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:50 AM To: hrishy Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Datafile recovery in datagaurd environment On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 2:18 AM, hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Copying the datafile over the LAN and then recovering it is faster then requesting the tape to be loaded and then restore from tape to disk etc.. I guess it depends on the environment. In a case like this it would be a good idea test just how fast a single file can be retrieved from the backup system. In our case, the tape libraries are pretty fast, the limiting factor is network latency and bandwidth, not the speed of getting the file from tape. And yes, I have tested it. Pulling one 100meg file from a set of 32 files takes 5 minutes. For us, that is plenty fast. Maybe not for everyone. Jared This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.