Joseph,

Doesn't the recovery of a point in time require restoring a tape backup,
followed by the re-application of transactions from a log?


Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Alba [mailto:jalba@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 9:55 AM
> To: IB-Architect@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] Super-transactions and Incremental Backup
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>
> Other database servers like Oracle have what they call Point-in-Time
> recovery, where you can rollback the entire database back to that
> Point-in-time which you have previously set.
>
> Possible applications:
>
> For example, you discover a runaway error that completely invalidates
> today's transactions and entries, you can roll back to that
> point in time
> and start over.
>
> Sure, you can say, with IB you can backup, the day's
> transaction. But if you
> have a very big database (which is relatively secure from
> hardware crushes),
> or a 24x7 operation, the backup solution might be impractical.
>
> With point-in-time, your database (assuming that you have
> taken all steps to
> secure your hardware from any kind of disaster or mishap), can have a
> SavePoint to rollback to, when some kind of software or rogue entries
> happen.
>
> Joseph Alba
> jalba@...
>
>
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