[H-GEN] Using dump/restore Quick File Access support

[David Jericho]

Greg Black wrote:

>That's the nature of the design -- you use dump every day; you
>use restore once every ten years.
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Another option to investigate is nearline backups. That is, dump to a 
local large disk, and then write that dump to tape in your spare time. 
It means you have a recent backup on disk for fast access and an offline 
backup for business continuance or longer term storage.

>If you really need to restore frequently, it might be wiser to
>investigate other mechanisms.  Hard to know what to suggest
>without knowing more about the use case.
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I agree with Greg here. You do need to assess how exactly you approach 
your backups and how frequently you need to do a restore. Replacing dump 
(which has known corner cases on Linux for backing up ext2/3)  might be 
a good idea.

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David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Tucana Technologies