Re: [CentOS] Is Amanda vaulting what I need for archiving data?

2012-01-13 Thread Rafa Griman
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Devin Reade g...@gno.org wrote: --On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 03:40:20 PM -0500 Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Well, the scientists are talking longer than 7 years so HDs just are not going to cut it [...] For long term storage, you may need to

Re: [CentOS] Is Amanda vaulting what I need for archiving data?

2012-01-12 Thread Alan McKay
For long term storage, you may need to be able to not just put stuff away, but also have a policy (and the resources!) to periodically migrate data to newer media formats. Yes, we've already begun this process - and we are taking into account the sorts of issues you mentioned. -- “Don't

[CentOS] Is Amanda vaulting what I need for archiving data?

2012-01-11 Thread Alan McKay
Hi folks, I've got a bit of a different scenario than I imagine most, and have spent the last 60 or 90 minutes searching Amanda list archives and googling, but did not come up with anything much. Then I went browsing around the Amanda website and found vaulting and was wondering whether this

Re: [CentOS] Is Amanda vaulting what I need for archiving data?

2012-01-11 Thread m . roth
Hey, Alan, Alan McKay wrote: snip gtar on the back end, which is how I ended up at Amanda. In looking through some of the initial configuration how-tos it seemed as though this was massively over-complex for my application. But then I hit upon vaulting

Re: [CentOS] Is Amanda vaulting what I need for archiving data?

2012-01-11 Thread Alan McKay
For one thing, I think you seriously need to look at backup up to offline hard drives, instead of tapes. Unless you really want/need to archive the tapes for seven years Well, the scientists are talking longer than 7 years so HDs just are not going to cut it We back up to backup servers,

Re: [CentOS] Is Amanda vaulting what I need for archiving data?

2012-01-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: For one thing, I think you seriously need to look at backup up to offline hard drives, instead of tapes. Unless you really want/need to archive the tapes for seven years Well, the scientists are talking longer than 7

Re: [CentOS] Is Amanda vaulting what I need for archiving data?

2012-01-11 Thread Devin Reade
--On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 03:40:20 PM -0500 Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Well, the scientists are talking longer than 7 years so HDs just are not going to cut it Regarding the use of hard drives, you might want to have a look at this: