We just donated the equipment that had PNA 2.0f on it. It had about 1/2 inch of dust on it. Some old DDS tape drives on a parallel port/SCSI adapter on a DOS 5.0 box (486/33). IIRC, it was licensed on how much storage was on your Netware server (100MB packs?). I remember the restore. It **REALLY HELPED** if you knew the path and filename, else you could <page down> all day.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah yes, Palindrome ... back in the day we used the Palindrome Network > Archivist, it used a Tower of Hanoi automatic tape rotation scheme ... > that's one that I miss nowadays. > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2010 5:40 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Archive data > > Actually, we did this once, about 15 years ago with what has become Backup > Exec. At that time it was Palindrome PNA or something like that, was bought > several times, and is now BE. It had a feature that you could select that > would backup a file, and based on age that you pre-set, after successful > backup, zero-byte the file. The file name was still on the network, but it > was zero bytes in size. If it was needed you had to go to tape to restore. > > > Like I said, we only did this once, and ended up having to restore all the > files ;). It doesn't appear that this feature has made it through all the > changes in ownership and versions because BE doesn't have this it that I can > find...... > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> sorry, nope ... looked into an optical archiving system that left a stub >> in place that automatically retrieved a file from a nearline optical >> jukebox, but it was slow and pricey, and this was about 5 years ago. >> >> Erik Goldoff >> >> *IT Consultant* >> >> *Systems, Networks, & Security * >> >> ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2010 4:09 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Archive data >> >> Wow - nobody? >> >> >> >> *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:18 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Archive data >> >> >> >> Do any of you guys have an automated method for migrating old, unused user >> data off your primary servers? I’m talking about data users don’t want to >> have deleted, but they maintain for “I might need it someday” purposes. >> >> >> >> To accommodate this I would think a cheap RAID1 NAS should be sufficient, >> there is no need for high-speed, multiple user access. I’m thinking it would >> be a very cheap way to pull a TB or so off our SAN…. >> >> *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER >> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION >> (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > Sent from Keller, TX, United States > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
