Re: [OpenAFS] Some backup advice needed.

2006-04-21 Thread Stephen Joyce
FWIW, I use the native AFS backup software too. I do a full for 1/4 of my cell every Monday (user volumes, research volumes, software volumes, everything else). This way only 1/4 of my full backups must fit in a 24 hour window. The other 3/4 of the cell gets a differential based on the previous f

Re: [OpenAFS] Some backup advice needed.

2006-04-21 Thread Steve Simmons
We use the native afs backup. We currently do a full backup of the whole cell weekly followed by daily incrementals until we cycle back to Monday midnight and start the next full. As the size of the cell (user vols ) grows our backup window is getting way too big. Often it stretches into late

[OpenAFS] Some backup advice needed.

2006-04-21 Thread Dr A V Le Blanc
On Thu 20 Apr 2006 at 11:52:00 -0400, Steve Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We use the native afs backup. We currently do a full backup of the whole > cell weekly followed by daily incrementals until we cycle back to Monday > midnight and start the next full. > As the size of the cell (user v

Re: [OpenAFS] Some backup advice needed.

2006-04-20 Thread scorch
Steve Devine said the following on 2006-04-20 17:52: All, We use the native afs backup. We currently do a full backup of the whole cell weekly followed by daily incrementals until we cycle back to Monday midnight and start the next full. As the size of the cell (user vols ) grows our backup win

[OpenAFS] Some backup advice needed.

2006-04-20 Thread Steve Devine
All, We use the native afs backup. We currently do a full backup of the whole cell weekly followed by daily incrementals until we cycle back to Monday midnight and start the next full. As the size of the cell (user vols ) grows our backup window is getting way too big. Often it stretches into l