On 06:36:47 Dec 09, rajasekhar kuppa wrote: > I am working in the same field so i may be able to help you, if you put > your question a little more clear. >
No, not looking for help. Only discussion. > 1 ) Whya re you looking at traditional backup tols like amanda? do you have > any tape backups in mind? I was told that amanda can be used even when no tapes are involved. I have never seen a tape drive in my life. ;) And don't plan to use that right now. > 2) how large are your backups ? > Now that you ask I should say that I want to backup every single file on a daily basis for years. Also databases... There are many servers on the network where these files live. > 3) what is the purpose of your backup? restoration? DR? offsite? > Network backup of all servers. > 4) Time frame of your backups? > What do you mean? > 5) backup methodology? incremental? differential? or a point in time copy? I want incremental backups, so I can go back in time. I don't know what is meant by a differential backup. Is that based on diff(1)? Anyway I may not be able to respond as I am going out of town for a while. Have fun! -Girish _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
