Although a bit off-topic, I'd also like to say how impressed with Mr. McInnis' willingness to participate in this forum. It is truly the exception that a company cares enough about their customers to provide this type of outstanding support and insight.
Thanks Dale, you're making a big difference out here. I hope your upper management knows the resulting value you are providing to IBM, by taking the time to participate in this forum. Doug On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:37:16AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > I'm very glad to see heavy-hitters like Mr. McInnis providing valuable, > detailed information about such an integral part of my job as a DB2 DBA. > > His response to a recent inquiry regarding shrinking backup size was to > reduce the backup buffer size from its default of 1024 to a mere 129 pages, > which I understand to be the size of four 32-page extents (with an extra > page added on for management overhead). Is the amount of disk space saved > proportional to the number of tablespaces being backed up? > > Thanks in advance, > > Fred Sobotka > Database Administrator > IBM Certified Solutions Expert - DB2 UDB V7.1 Administration for Unix, > Windows, and OS/2 > CollegeNET, Inc. > > - > ::: When replying to the list, please use 'Reply-All' and make sure > ::: a copy goes to the list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > *** To unsubscribe, send 'unsubscribe' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** For more information, check http://www.db2eug.uni.cc - ::: When replying to the list, please use 'Reply-All' and make sure ::: a copy goes to the list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). *** To unsubscribe, send 'unsubscribe' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** For more information, check http://www.db2eug.uni.cc
