On 05/12/2013 10:26 AM, Michael Tiernan wrote:
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Skylar Thompson
<[email protected]> wrote:
How do you define reliability?
I think that that's a darned good question. Skylar's pair of points
misses a key definition. As a guy from Keane that I used to work with
said, no one cares about backups, they only care about restores.
Isn't reliability predicated on being able to extricate a file (or
files) from an archive (always assuming 100% fidelity to the file
contents) in a period of time, usually measured only in hours, in a
consistent, regimented (i.e steps written on paper) and highly
repeatable manner?
This is how I measure it. I have used tar, amanda, and backuppc and
they have all had issues on restore at one time or another. I currently
use Dell/Quest/Bakbone Netvault which in 11 years has never had a
problem doing a restore. If the data gets into the system, I have
always been able to get it out.
cheers,
ski
--
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it
connected to the entire universe" John Muir
Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, Director of LOPSA, [email protected],
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