Question : sybase striped .dmp load

I need to load a dump from a sybase database and it is split into 4 "stripes?" as .dmp files.

From reading the docs the following script should load my database dumps

load database db from "compress::/dump/db_1.dmp"
      stripe on "compress::/dump/db_2.dmp"
      stripe on "compress::/dump/db_3.dmp"
      stripe on "compress::/dump/db_4.dmp"

I am going to try this as soon as I can but I've been sitting here for 30 minutes waiting for my 16 gig blank database to be created and I don't know if its going to happen tonight.

Am I on the right track?

Answer : sybase striped .dmp load

The command appears to be correct to me as well.

I am a bit curious about your platform.  It appears to be unix/linux given the paths but I wonder which one.  Most now support large file sizes (> 2GB) even on 32 bit versions of the O/S.  Given that your system appears to be disk-bound (long wait for db creation) I was wondering if you were really getting any benefit from using 4 stripes.

What does "top" look like when you are doing backups to 4 stripes?  I suppose if you are on a 4-CPU system, you might get something from using all 4 for compression.

Regards,
Bill