Re: Backup on another machine

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

I think that you will find that 64K is simply not enough bandwidth to get much
backup done.  BEST throughput is about 50MB/Hour WITH 2 to 1 compression.  You
can use remote journals (probably the only viable option) to get data over
wire.   You will find that attempting to move any volumn of data, even via LAN,
will be DRAMATICALLY slower than almost any tape drive (yes even reel tape).

Also if you want to keep the data in Sync between the systems you WILL need one
of the tools.  You cannot afford to write and maintain it yourself unless you 
are
doing very limited replication.

 - Larry

Dale Pascual B Jose wrote:
> 
> What choices do I have if I want to backup my AS/400 system to another remote
> AS/400, without using expensive High Availability Solutions (such as Mimix,
> Vision, etc.)?  The two AS/400s are connected via 64Kbps leased line.  I'd 
>still
> prefer to backup on QIC though since it is much faster, and then to eventually
> restore on the other machine.  What do you think?


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