Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-26 Thread Christopher Manly
Matthias Kellermann wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I want to use Bacula to backup my files to disk AND to tape at the same > time. The backup on disk should be available for 3 months or so while > the backup on tape should not be overwritten before 12 months. > > Is this possible with Bacula? How do I a

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Bob Hetzel wrote: > The reality is that if you really need reliable data for 10 years you're > probably stuck with technology like paper, optical media (choose wisely > as many of these formats are gone too), or online hard drive space that > you'll be continually checking and carrying along w

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread mark . bergman
In the message dated: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:04:00 EDT, The pithy ruminations from Bob Hetzel on were: => The reality is that if you really need reliable data for 10 years you're => probably stuck with technology like paper, optical media (choose wisely Paper? True, it's about the best archival

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Bob Hetzel wrote: > In summary... backup software is extremely important for disaster > recovery but should not be considered for long term (5+ years, possibly > even less depending on what you need it for) storage needs in my humble > opinion. Anyone considering backups for

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread Bob Hetzel
The reality is that if you really need reliable data for 10 years you're probably stuck with technology like paper, optical media (choose wisely as many of these formats are gone too), or online hard drive space that you'll be continually checking and carrying along with each upgrade (and backi

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread John Drescher
> That's really a good question. Yes hard drives have a better money/GB > ratio, After you get over the cost of the tape drive LTO2 and better are cheaper than hard disks. > but cheap hard drive keep your data safe only for 3 - 4 years for > sure (maybe longer) and some tapes (DLT, LTO) are specif

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread Eric Böse-Wolf
Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Unless you have a carousel, does anyone really use tapes anymore? >> I'm speaking of small networks, but it seems to me that hard drives >> are much cheaper than tapes for the $$/GB ratio. > That's really a good question. Yes hard drives have a better mo

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 24.09.2007 11:09,, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote:: > Hi, > >> Would be nice to have the files on disk for some period to get a file >> back quickly ;) > > You could backup to disk and migrate the files, when you > don't need them quickly any more, to tape. Or run two jobs, one to disk, one to tape.

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-24 Thread Eric Böse-Wolf
Hi, > Would be nice to have the files on disk for some period to get a file > back quickly ;) You could backup to disk and migrate the files, when you don't need them quickly any more, to tape. Eric pgpcRbpKfGt1m.pgp Description: PGP signature --

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-23 Thread Matthias Kellermann
Hi, thanks for your answer, Arno. Arno Lehmann schrieb: > Hi, > > No, that's not possible. > > There are a number of workarounds possible, but the ideal thing is > currently not possible. It's discussed, though, and I think anyone > (relevant :-) thinks such athing would be useful. Which wor

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-21 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 21.09.2007 15:27,, Matthias Kellermann wrote:: > Hi everyone, > > I want to use Bacula to backup my files to disk AND to tape at the same > time. The backup on disk should be available for 3 months or so while > the backup on tape should not be overwritten before 12 months. > > Is this possi

[Bacula-users] Backup to disk AND tape

2007-09-21 Thread Matthias Kellermann
Hi everyone, I want to use Bacula to backup my files to disk AND to tape at the same time. The backup on disk should be available for 3 months or so while the backup on tape should not be overwritten before 12 months. Is this possible with Bacula? How do I accomplish this without the need to run