Re: [CentOS] Is Amanda "vaulting" what I need for archiving data?

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Devin Reade gdr@gno.org wrote:

--On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 03:40:20 PM -0500 Alan McKay alan.mckay@gmail.com wrote:

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Well, the scientists are talking longer than 7 years so HDs just are not going to cut it

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For long term storage, you may need to be able to not just put stuff away, but also have a policy (and the resources!) to periodically migrate data to newer media & formats.  This can get expensive in time and money of course; your stakeholders may need to weigh in again periodically to evaluate the value of the data vs the cost of migration.

What about LTFS?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape_File_System

Seems interesting. Anyone tried it?

Rafa