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Article #88Re: Info on large, slow storage wanted (jukeboxes, etc.)
From: Pease
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 16:47
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 16:47
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In article <1992Sep03.033736.10559@osh3.OSHA.GOV>, chip@osh3.OSHA.GOV (Charles Yamasaki) writes... > >Any more info on the optical jukebox scene? I need to provide backup >for as many as 20 networked Unix systems with an average of about 1GB >each. I'd like to be able to do a complete backup of all the systems >overnight. The whole thing must be able to operate completely >unattended and should have multiple drives to help reduce contention. >Of course, with this I'm going to need backup software that will support >multiple platforms (NCR SVR4 and SCO SVR3.2.4). > >I realize I could use a tape jukebox and probably save some money, but >I'm hoping to be able to use this as large scale on-line (albeit slow) >storage as well. Granted, I haven't checked if SCO or NCR can support >optical as mounted filesystems. > >Sorry to stray from the original topic, but there seemed to be such a >pool of expertise here I couldn't resist. >-- >-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------- >Charles "Chip" Yamasaki| The opinions expressed here are my own and are not >chip@osh1.OSHA.GOV | supported or even generally accepted by OSHA. :-) >-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------- This is not responding to your direct querey; but I came across a backup sofware package from Titan Client Server Technologies. A 20 client version cost $10k; but it can handle up to 250 clients. I don't have their phone# handy; but their corp. headquarters is in San Diego, CA. Phil Pease My witty disclaimer - everything I perceive, through either sensory or extrasensory means, has been filtered to such an extent that you had better not attempt to attribute anything I say to anyone else.
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Newsgroups: comp.arch.storage,comp.databases Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!pease From: pease@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Pease) Subject: Re: Info on large, slow storage wanted (jukeboxes, etc.) Message-ID: <4SEP199212470370@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1 Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. USA References: <1992Aug29.210553.8744@rhein-main.de> <1992Aug31.043738.19685@psg.com> <22302@venera.isi.edu> <1992Sep03.033736.10559@osh3.OSHA.GOV> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:47:00 GMT Lines: 34