Jon ... In a recent Computerworld white paper, entitled "The Economics of a Storage Strategy" http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/wp/story/0,,NAV63-130_STO65180,00.html Randy Kerns writes that the #1 issue with storage is the cost of administration!
IMHO, don't concern yourself about "cost of tape cartridges to hold 7 years worth of data". Concentrate instead on a business strategy to ensure reliable storage and retrieval. If the storage requirement is realistically 7 years, then the enterprise has already established the importance of the data! The question should really be "what storage strategy is optimal for my environment?" -----Original Message----- From: Martin, Jon R. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Long-Term Storage Good Afternoon, I am trying to identify the "best solution" for achieving long term storage requirements. However each option has pros and cons. Would anyone like to share their long-term storage solution and why they chose that way. My storage requirement is 7 years. Here are the options I have come up with so far Backup Sets: pros: Can be placed on CD ( lower media cost and easier to store ) Does not require addition client session cons: A backup set can only be restored in it's entirety. How to create backup sets for databases backed up with utilities like SQL-Backtrack or TDP? Archiving: pros: Possible to restore single files cons: I don't think it is possible to archive to CD-Rom. ( Correct me if I'm wrong ) Cost of tape cartridges to hold 7 years worth of data extremely expensive. Requires addition session with client Additionally one benefit to a backup set would be that if in X years if the TSM Server is replaced by another product only the TSM client would be needed to restore a backup set. Whereas to restore archived information the TSM server would be required. Thanks, Jon Martin *************************************************************** This message and any attachments is solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message is prohibited -- please immediately and permanently delete this message.
