If you regularly back up large databases, you should use DLT drives, if they are supported for your platform. In any case, Sybase recommends that you use multiple tape drives.
Sybase IQ BACKUP can support the following tape drives:
Digital Linear Tape (DLT) on UNIX systems
4 mm Digital Data Storage (DDS)
8 mm
Sybase IQ also allows Stacker drives with multiple tapes.
Sybase IQ BACKUP does not support jukeboxes or robotic loaders. If you need them, use a third party media manager.
Sybase IQ BACKUP does not support fixed-length tape devices on UNIX systems, like Quarter Inch Cartridge (QIC) drives.
Tape devices on AIX systems can be configured for either
fixed- or variable-length block mode. See the Sybase IQ Installation and Configuration Guide for
information on how to show and change the block mode. Sybase IQ BACKUP does
not support fixed-length block mode.
