On 24-03-2010 14:28, John Drescher wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Thomas Mueller<tho...@chaschperli.ch> wrote: > >> Am Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:57:18 -0300 schrieb Marcio Vogel Merlone dos >> Santos: >> >>> I am currently using bacula 2.4.2-1ubuntu4~hardy1, but the web docs >>> refer to 5.0. Could please someone point to this lazy/buzy admin some >>> docs which could help me setup a hard-disk as a "perpetual" retention >>> media for annual backups? >>> >> >>> The idea is to make a full backup once or twice a year on a hard-disk, >>> remove it from the machine, keep its catalog and store it somewhere until >>> the end of the company. I have to implement this solution until end of >>> june.... >>> >> I wouln't go for harddisks for a long time archive (or do know already >> "the end of the company" date? ;)) >>
I hope not! :) > Agreed. I would not expect a drive to be readable if you sit it on a > shelf for 10 years. It probably would not spin up unless you kept it > in a humidity protected environment. > Didn't know that. In fact they'll be stored on their own damped cardboard box and wrapped in tape, deep inside a closed cabinet or safe. I was expecting they could last at least 10 years, specially without use. What you think about storing a pack of silica gel within and waterproof it? We (still) use DAT-72 as backup media, HDs were meant to be faster, practical and cheaper. We are planning to move to LTO-3 tapes, but no idea when yet. Till then, HD seems the way to go. Any thoughts about? Durability apart, can this be done with bacula? What RTFM should I do? -- Marcio Merlone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
