[H-GEN] Using dump/restore Quick File Access support
David Jericho
davidj at tucanatech.com
Mon Nov 22 22:34:18 EST 2004
Greg Black wrote:
>That's the nature of the design -- you use dump every day; you
>use restore once every ten years.
>
>
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.
>
>
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
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