On 3/24/2010 1:28 PM, 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: >> >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> 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? ;)) >> >> > 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. >
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