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Article #202Re: Managing a Terabyte (was: Re: Dumping a Gigabyte )
From: Joseph Malcolm
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:32
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:32
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In article <1993Jan21.050327.16863@netcom.com> nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes: > I don't see that it is necessary to get rid of backups. But it is >necessary to be able to do them on a continuous, background basis. >This is certainly possible. Multics did it in the 1960s; UNIVAC >mainframes had it in the 1970s. Unfortunately, UNIX, DOS, and the Mac >traditionally have weak backup tools, and that's all anyone knows any more. Perhaps you could explain how Multics did backups? (Then we might be able to continue the proud Unix tradition of stealing ideas from Multics.) -- Joseph Malcolm jmalcolm@sura.net SURAnet Operations +1 301 982 4600
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Newsgroups: comp.arch.storage Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!nih-csl!darwin.sura.net!jmalcolm From: jmalcolm@sura.net (Joseph Malcolm) Subject: Re: Managing a Terabyte (was: Re: Dumping a Gigabyte ) Message-ID: <1993Jan27.153220.18246@darwin.sura.net> Sender: news@darwin.sura.net (USENET News System) Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way References: <1993Jan19.135733.838@walter.cray.com> <1993Jan20.173950.20531@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan21.050327.16863@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:32:20 GMT Lines: 14