Hello, People, >>> However if you want to backup to removable disks and put them on the shelf >>> when >>> full, that's where things get less than perfect fast. >> >> Is this a common use case? I'm not challenging your approach. I am seeking >> knowledge about how Bacula gets used. > > I don't know but there is RDX so there's gotta be some demand.
- RDX is very "niche" according to Google Trends <https://trends.google.com.br/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=%2Fm%2F03mnj4,RDX%20cartridge,disk%20storage>. - Even a manufacturer put it on the SMB niche position <http://www.tandbergdata.com/us/index.cfm/products/removable-disk/>. - I only saw two in my life (Brazil). Configured as VTL, since I read (somewhere) that sustained continuous r/w was faster than having a filesystem (this is in an old thread here). I think this is why most backup software writes in a sequential fashion (just as tapes). > On the flip side, we went from AIT to HDD and never even touched LTO. I > mean, they only guarantee backwards compatibility to 2 generations and > have version creep worse than iPhones. Every new LTO generation doubles capacity. I think is a nice pace and allows the user to plan migrations. You always have Bacula copy jobs to upgrade tapes. > Who in their right mind would use > LTO for their long-term storage, and we have plenty of hard drives > laying around. They have the largest life expectancy (30 years) under ideal conditions, they are very inexpensive and scalable. I don't see why not to use them. > -- > Dimitri Maziuk > Programmer/sysadmin > BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu Regards, -- =========================================================================== Heitor Medrado de Faria | EB-1 Visa | LPIC-III | ITIL-F | EMC 05-001| Bacula Systems Certified Administrator II • Bacula Enterprise does not charge per backup size and has plugins for many applications. In the USA: http://bacula.us/ • Do you need Bacula training? http://bacula.us/video-classes/ +55 61 98268-4220 | http://bacula.us =========================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
