I haven't seen such a situation before, but I think
you can do it like this:
1. Back up as you always do.
2. After the job is done, dump the catalog from
database to disk.
3. Write the dumped catalog to two CDs/DVDs (you keep
one, the customer keeps the other) and store them
properly. Testing it once in a while is a good idea,
too.
4. Purge your catalog weekly, or set retention periods
accordingly - remember to OPTIMIZE (MySQL) or VACUUM
(PostgreSQL) your tables so that your database files
don't grow too large.
This way you'll be able to get a working catalog
quickly if needed, and restore will be easy. Regards,
Georger
--- Alexander Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
escreveu:
> Hi List,
>
> we've to plan a backup, which cause some
> "headache"...
>
> To backup 2 TB of data. The data/tapes should be
> available for 15 years.
>
> Full backup every sunday, inc daily.
>
>
> In my opion it' s no good idea to set the retention
> time to 15 years.
> That will blow up the database and will "kill" the
> perfomance.
> I thought I will set the retention time to 30 days
> (or max 90 days).
>
> If needed, I will import the tapes again.
>
> But the experience of restores shows some strange
> memories of our
> clients... For example I had to restore a very
> important file, which was
> used nearly every day... but this files was delete
> more than 30 days
> before the loss was detected.
>
> I can't belief that there will be clear instructions
> and details in case
> of a restore.
>
> Something like once upon a time ...
>
> Do you have any experience or ideas to handle such a
> backup with
> "minimal" effort and "maximum" satisfaction on both
> sides (operator and
> client)?
>
> Thank you in advance
>
>
> Alex
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