The SAN has the snapshot capability. On 4/27/06 9:31 AM, "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:06:48 -0400, > Ketema Harris <ketema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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. > > Only if the database server isn't running or your SAN provides a way to > provide a snapshot of the data at a particular instant in time.
