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Re: Multivendor network backup for unix workstations

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From: Marcus J. "will do TCP/IP for fo...
Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 13:30
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boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) writes:

>[...] the only way to do backups is to have backups built into the file-system.
>Such an example that springs to mind is the Plan 9 file-system

	Yeah, well, if wishes were horses...

	There is only one disadvantage to the Plan 9 approach. That's that
I don't have one. Having the huge WORM jukebox helps, too... Having a Plan 9
style filesystem with on magnetoptical platters would be even better, and
would be better still if there was support for occasionally purging an old
snapshot.

mjr.
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From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "will do TCP/IP for food" Ranum)
Subject: Re: Multivendor network backup for unix workstations
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