The SAN has the snapshot capability.
On 4/27/06 9:31 AM, "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:06:48 -0400,
> Ketema Harris <ketema(at)gmail(dot)com> 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.