Re: [Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB

2009-11-29 Thread Kevin Keane
> -Original Message- > From: Ralf Gross [mailto:ralf-li...@ralfgross.de] > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 6:23 AM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: bacula-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB >

Re: [Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB

2009-11-28 Thread Ralf Gross
Alan Brown schrieb: > On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Ralf Gross wrote: > > > Most files will be written once and maybe never been accessed again. But > > the data need to be online and there is a requirement for backup and the > > ability to restore deleted files (retention time can be different, going > >

Re: [Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB

2009-11-28 Thread Ralf Gross
Kevin Keane schrieb: > Just a thought... If I understand you correctly, the files never > change once they are created? In that case, your best bet might be > to use a copy-based scheme for backup. Yes, the files won't change. They are mostly raw camera data. They will be read again, but not chan

Re: [Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB

2009-11-27 Thread Kevin Keane
From: Ralf Gross [mailto:ralf-li...@ralfgross.de] > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 4:24 AM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: bacula-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB > > [crosspost to -users and -devel list] > > Hi,

Re: [Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB

2009-11-27 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Ralf Gross wrote: > Most files will be written once and maybe never been accessed again. But > the data need to be online and there is a requirement for backup and the > ability to restore deleted files (retention time can be different, going > from 6 months to a couple of yea

[Bacula-users] RFC: backing up hundreds of TB

2009-11-27 Thread Ralf Gross
[crosspost to -users and -devel list] Hi, we are happily using bacula since a few years and already backing up some dozens of TB (large video files) to tape. In the next 2-3 years the amount of data will be growing to 300+ TB. We are looking for some very pricy solutions for the primary storage