Few are aware that OpenAFS can be built to support IBM TSM as a virtual
tape controller via the XBSA API.  AWS S3 could be added in a similar
manner.

The primary thing that I would want to add whenever storing backups
off-site is encryption.  AFS3 volume dumps are unencrypted.  I would
pipe the dump stream through a block cipher before passing it into the
AWS CLI.


Jeffrey Altman



On 2/27/2017 2:42 PM, Shane wrote:
> We have a legacy EC2 environment setup in which vos dumps are pulled in
> by Zmanda backup, using a custom tar wrapper. These are stored on s3 via
> Zmanda's virtual tape devices. We have a lifecycle setup to migrate the
> vos dumps to Glacier after some time. 
> 
> Looks like a feature was added to the AWS CLI that allows for dumping
> via a stream which looks interesting
> though: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/pull/903
> 
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Walter Tienken <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello all,____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     We currently perform nightly dumps to an on-prem NFS mount. I was
>     curious if anyone has had any experience with using an Amazon S3
>     Storage Gateway for similar purpose? With much of the focus of “to
>     the cloud” with many leadership members/organization administrators,
>     I figured it is a good question to ask here. If yes, what has been
>     your experience so far? Do you pass through the public internet or
>     perhaps use Amazon Direct Connect?____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     Thanks in advance for your input!____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     Walter Tienken____
> 
>     [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>____
> 
>     UTO OPS Systems and Security____
> 
>     __ __
> 
> 

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