Help Required with HD Backup

Hi,
A Friend of mine has a PC with windows on 2x Samsung 320gb HD's in Raid 0, one of the drives started to fail, so he put in his 1tb backup drive that he made a hd image using boot it dos software. He has now purchased 2x Corsair M4 128gb SSD's and made a volume Raid 0, when trying to backup from the 1tb drive the software says that a min hd of approx 320gb is required even though the total used on windows in only approx 140gb. and the new SSD volume is approx 240gb
The software is by terrabyte.
also when we did a hd tach with 1x ssd and 2x ssd the performance was similar, not mutch gain. I am not familiar with SSD or HD image backups so please advise. or is there any other software recomendations.
Thanks

Well most software imaging requires the same size as the source. What in the
world is the objective of a RAID 0 boot disk. As has been said here while it
may help load a program faster, it will not run the program faster
Also HDtach is not a good benchmark for SSD's
Bill Gehrke

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channel c7: sid=22 devtype=SBT_TAPE
channel c7: VERITAS NetBackup for Oracle - Release 5.1 (2006040520)
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channel c8: VERITAS NetBackup for Oracle - Release 5.1 (2006040520)
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released channel: c1
released channel: c2
released channel: c3
released channel: c4
released channel: c5
released channel: c6
released channel: c7
released channel: c8
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RMAN-06067: RECOVER DATABASE required with a backup or created controlfile
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allocate channel c2 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c3 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c4 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c5 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c6 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c7 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c8 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c9 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c10 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c11 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c12 type 'SBT_TAPE';
set until time '12-06-2012 00:01:26';
restore tablespace SYSTEM,UNDO_GEN01,UNDO_GEN02,TAB_80K_GENCON,TAB_25M_GENCON;
release channel c1;
release channel c2;
release channel c3;
release channel c4;
release channel c5;
release channel c6;
release channel c7;
release channel c8;
release channel c9;
release channel c10;
release channel c11;
release channel c12;
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allocate channel c1 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c2 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c3 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c4 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c5 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel c6 type 'SBT_TAPE';
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release channel c3;
release channel c4;
release channel c5;
release channel c6;
release channel c7;
release channel c8;
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Thanks in advance,

Hello;
I read your post and here's the thoughts that came to mind : ( my largest concern is you might restore something that damages your current system )
1. So you want to restore the whole DB back to 12/06/2012 to get some tablespaces from then right?
2. Are you restoring to a different system?
3. How did you start the database ( NOMOUNT, MOUNT )
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restore tablespace SYSTEM,UNDO_GEN01,UNDO_GEN02,TAB_80K_GENCON,TAB_25M_GENCON;
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Meaning I don't use restore at all, in fact using restore may cause an issue.
SUMMARY : I don't see how this will work as is.
It seems you want data from five tablespaces from about six months ago including the SYSTEM tablespace.
This is an Incomplete Recovery. I believe I would rethink this completely.
Give the time that has past I would consider restoring the whole database to a different server where cannot damage anything.
Once this is done I would decide how to get the data I need.
Or I would check for a daily export file and recover the tablespace data that way.
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Example
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Here's how I'm not damaging my current production system.
I don't have an export from that date.
So take a step back and either rethink or give a few more details on how this is safe.
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Thanks

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Try this command after restore control file.
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RMAN> alter database open resetlogs;Paste here result, if you are get error.
Regards
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www.mahir-quluzade.com

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SuperDuper: I was just checking them out and it seems that it's not only a good cloner, but will also then keep that clone up to date and bootable on a regular basis. It really sounds like it's what I need. And the screen shots I saw on their site seem pretty well thought out and explain a lot.
Carbon Copy Cloner: I know this app has been around for a long time, though I've never used it. I'm presuming it's good for cloning a drive onto a larger drive, just as SuperDuper is, but can it do scheduled backups of that clone like SuperDuper can?
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To repeat my first question, who makes a really reliable enterprise class drive?
And has anyone had any experience with G-Technology's G-Safe with RAID 1?
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Oh, here's my system: Mac Pro tower, 2008 2.8 GHz, 10 GB ram. Dual Intel processors. Currently 10.5.8, soon to be 10.6.8.

valbelvalbel wrote:
After suffering through two hard drive failures (not my main drive, fortunately), and being frustrated with trying to keep everything backed up, I'm taking a fresh approach to everything and I plan to do the following:
1. Purchase a new, 2 TB hard drive (enterprise class - Can you guys recommend a reliable one?) and clone my existing main hard drive to it.
2. Purchase a second identical drive and install it in bay #2.
3. Likely purchase G-Technology's G-Safe with Raid 1 capability. Likely 3 TB just cause.
4. I'll keep my current 1 TB Hitachi Deskstar in the 3rd bay. It serves only my Sonos music system. (I wanted a separate drive for that so my regular drives weren't always running.)
Hitachi and Seagate both make enterprise class drives. Just visit their websites to find models.
So far so good. I plan on putting all my files on the one main 2 TB drive. (Formerly roughly 500 GB of music was on a separate internal drive, the one that's died twice now. Seagate Barracuda FYI.) I'll then clone the main drive to the identical drive in the 2nd bay and make it bootable as well. That's backup #1 and I plan on having it also updated regularly. (Incrementally, not a complete erase and rewrite, but still keeping it bootable.) I'll then hook up the Raid 1 drive and clone the main hard drive to that as well, also making it bootable. That will give me backup #2 and #3 (through mirroring). These drives will be backed up less often and when not being used, will be stored in a fire proof safe in the garage. So far so good, I think.
I don't know what your desires are for backup redundancy, but I would create a two drive mirrored RAID for your main backup. This could consist of two identical hard drives mounted in your Mac Pro's slots (this is what I do.) Or you could purchase a two-drive external case and use Firewire. (I also do this.) Drive size should be determined by how large a drive(s) you are backing up and if you plan to use Time Machine. TM's backup device must be at least twice the size of the drive(s) it backs up.
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For the cloning, I understand I can simply use the Restore function in the Disk Utility. Is this correct? Or am I better off using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner? If so, which one? And why?
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SuperDuper: I was just checking them out and it seems that it's not only a good cloner, but will also then keep that clone up to date and bootable on a regular basis. It really sounds like it's what I need. And the screen shots I saw on their site seem pretty well thought out and explain a lot.
Carbon Copy Cloner: I know this app has been around for a long time, though I've never used it. I'm presuming it's good for cloning a drive onto a larger drive, just as SuperDuper is, but can it do scheduled backups of that clone like SuperDuper can?
And in all cases, I want to keep both the second internal drive and the external RAID drives backed up from their original clonings. Can any of these programs handle ongoing backups to two or more destinations from the same source?
If you are running Lion then do not use SuperDuper. It has not yet been updated for reliable use with Lion and cannot handle Lion's Recovery HD. Carbon Copy Cloner's recent beta release would be a good choice as would Synk Pro from Decimus, or Tri-Backup. All of these will clone a drive as well as perform scheduled backups/updates of a clone. But only CCC properly deals with Lion's Recovery HD at this time. All of these make essentially file by file copies from the source to the destination. One can easily restore a file or a few items without needing to use the backup utility since everything on the backup is accessible through the Finder.
TM is not able to create a bootable clone. It is an archival backup utility intended for home users needing basic, automatic, and simple to use backup software. Restoring software from a TM backup can only be done through the TM application.
And finally, a last question or two:
To repeat my first question, who makes a really reliable enterprise class drive?
And has anyone had any experience with G-Technology's G-Safe with RAID 1?
Thanks much for all your help.
Oh, here's my system: Mac Pro tower, 2008 2.8 GHz, 10 GB ram. Dual Intel processors. Currently 10.5.8, soon to be 10.6.8.

Help required with upgrading to OS5 on curve 8520

Hello everyone,
I'm using an unlocked version of the bb curve 8520 and want to upgrade my bb device os to v5.0. (current version- 4.6.1)
I tried using the application loader on the bb website (NA & India both) but it just tells me that my OS is updated and that i will be notified if there are any updates available. I would be really grateful if someone could help me update my os.
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Your warranty is not endangered. You are free to use any carriers OS package on your BB. Your carrier may, however, refuse to provide you with support (including Warranty evaluation/service) until you fall back to their supported device OS level. But your warranty per se is not endangered.
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Help required with DAQ and waveform generation

Hi,
I'm using DAQ 6024E card for waveform acquisition using LabVIEW 8.2 version. I've also attached my vi for your reference.
My next step is , I want to add another waveform to the acquired waveform, i.e. I mean to say if the acquired waveform is a sine wave with 60 Hz frequency and amplitude of 8V peak-to-peak, I want to finally display a wave which is 8V peak-to-peak with sinusoidally changing freuency.
To be more clear...I want a sine wave with frequency = 60 Hz + 1*sin( 2*pie**t).
As cane bveen seen in my vi, I can extract the phase and magnitude of the original acquired signal.
Can anyone help me out with this...as I'm not able to figureout how should I proceed next.
Looking forward to hear soon,
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You'd probably want to use the DAQmx VI's instead of the Express VIs, when doing something more exotic. You can start by converting the existing Express VIs to code by opening their front panels and saving them as a VI.
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