[CentOS] Is Amanda "vaulting" what I need for archiving data?
Rafa Griman
rafagriman at gmail.com
Fri Jan 13 08:11:21 UTC 2012
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Devin Reade <gdr at gno.org> wrote:
> --On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 03:40:20 PM -0500 Alan McKay
> <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, the scientists are talking longer than 7 years so HDs just are not
>> going to cut it
[...]
> 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
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