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From: tim@ohday.sybase.com (Tim Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Requests for improvements to SYBASE
Keywords: backup restore dump load 8mm tape
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Date: 10 Feb 91 22:53:47 GMT
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In article <1991Jan25.012332.13363@ncs.dnd.ca> rpburry@ncs.dnd.ca (Paul Burry) writes:
>
>While on the subject of backups and 8mm tape drives, can you either
>now or in the future (version 5?) direct SYBASE to perform a backup
>and use multiple tape drives in parallel?  ...
>I would gladly pay for the extra 8mm drives if they could be used in parallel.

We plan to support the feature you describe, called dump striping, in
Release 5.0.
-TW



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