Assume
a huge one terrabyte database or several databases adding up to
one terrabyte. With today's (2005) technology, it takes around
20 hours to back it up to tape. To speed it up, one would have
to configure more tape drives. Multiple backup devices e.g. \\.\TAPE0,
\\.\TAPE1, \\.\TAPE2, \\.\TAPE3 and \\.\TAPE4, work in parallel
thus reducing backup time to 4 hours in this example.
-- SQL Server create 2 database backups on different tape drives for redundancy -- Compiled on SQL Server 2008
BACKUP DATABASE FINANCE
TO TAPE = '\\.\TAPE0'
MIRROR TO TAPE = '\\.\TAPE1'
WITH FORMAT, MEDIANAME = 'FinanceTPBK'
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