On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 11:10:14AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > So this is a "green field" installation as far as backup gear goes: > backup servers, tape drives or hard drives for vtapes, network > enhancements, etc., as needed. I have no doubt this crew can advise you > well on all of that.
Good, that's exactly what I was hoping for! The one thing you mentioned that's not in-scope for this is network enhancements. Connectivity is strictly the domain of campus data services, but we've already got gigabit links in place between all sites and can get a dedicated VLAN set up just for backups if necessary, so I don't think there should be any problems in that area. > However, paranoids live longer. Do not terminate your contract with the > law school until you are getting good backups locally of everything you > want to back up. Oh, absolutely. And, as was suggested earlier, migrating to the new backup system server-by-server is definitely the way to go, rather than flipping the switch on everything all at once. > And a thought that probably does not sit well with the typical library > budget: If necessary, spend the money to get good kit. It will save you > trouble (and hence money) in the long run. This, at least, is not an issue. While I don't have an actual fixed budget allocation to work with for this project, both the library as a whole and the IT group specifically are sufficiently funded that I've never had a problem with any kind of (justifiable) hardware purchases. The sky isn't the limit, but I can almost certainly get whatever is needed to do it right and I'm sure my boss is expecting this to run at least US$10-15k in hardware. -- Dave Sherohman
