> _never_ replaces backup. I can have 1000 redundant systems dispersed > across the entire galaxy, and if a user accidentally deletes an > important record, I'll still need to go to backup to recover it, > since the redundant systems will faithfully delete it from all mirrors.
There are filesystem based solutions to this particular problem, (and I'm not talking about the 'recycle bin' :), where all changes to files are kept in the filesystem for a specified period, and you can say to the filesystem "I want to see this file or this directory as it was at 2:37pm last Tuesday, just before my wife dropped by with my 2 year old son and he started banging away on the keyboard while I wasn't watching". There are also application based solutions, eg CVS, although that requires a bit more discipline and/or mucking around. I'm not suggesting that this in any way reduces the need for an offsite backup, but it can relieve some of the need to go and fetch last Monday's tape from the offsite location to restore a single file. James ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
