Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread Bruno Friedmann
On 03/24/2010 08:40 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > bacula-users-lists wrote: >> Ok, you've piqued my curiosity - why would one not use disk versus >> ¿tape? as a long term storage medium? Do you have any sites, >> documentation, whitepapers on the subject? Even unsupported hunches are >> food for th

Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread Thomas Mueller
bacula-users-lists wrote: > Ok, you've piqued my curiosity - why would one not use disk versus > ¿tape? as a long term storage medium? Do you have any sites, > documentation, whitepapers on the subject? Even unsupported hunches are > food for thought - mind sharing? do not have whitepapers or th

Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread Scott Courtney
On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 13:14 -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: > > 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. > > > > All media fails in the long run. It is just a

Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread John Drescher
> Durability apart, can this be done with bacula? What RTFM should I do? > Yes. Bacula can do this. Read about bacula volume utility tools. Read about pools so you can create a pool that does not recycle. You probably still want to have more than 1 volume per disk so read about the options to limit

Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread Josh Fisher
On 3/24/2010 1:28 PM, John Drescher wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Thomas Mueller 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

Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread Marcio Vogel Merlone dos Santos
On 24-03-2010 14:28, John Drescher wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Thomas Mueller 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

Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread John Drescher
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Thomas Mueller 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 >>

Re: [Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread Thomas Mueller
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" reten

[Bacula-users] Hard disk as backup media

2010-03-24 Thread 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 ye