Yes, your right, I meant not have to do the backups from the db server itself. I can do that within the storage device now, by allocating space for it, and letting the device copy the data files on some periodic basis. On 4/27/06 9:05 AM, "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:57:51 -0400, > Ketema Harris <ketema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> performance from the db. I also would hopefully then not have to do >> periodic backups from the db server to some other type of storage. Is this >> not a good idea? How bad of a performance hit are we talking about? Also, > > You always need to do backups if you care about your data. What if someone > accidental deletes a lot of data? What if someone blows up your data > center (or there is a flood)?
