That sounds like something I would like to try. I'm thankful for getting to be on this email list. M
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure about archive vs backup but my backup solution here: > Ubuntu12.04 running Bacula server here (the free community version of > bacula). > > Backing up to a quantum 16 tape library with LTO 3 and 4 tapes. The only > money we have spent was on hardware. > 1.5 Tb a night for incrementals and about 4 Tb for Weekend fulls. Our > catalog is calculated to about 90 Tb total right now with a 300 Gb MySQL db > containing the records. This has been our solution for the past 3 years. > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Gibson Prichard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We have a Spectra T50e for video archive at NewsChannel5 and use SGL >> software to manage it. I was at NAB as well, but I didn't look at any new >> software to drive our archive. I believe LTO is expect to have a long shelf >> life, assuming you have a working drive to play it on. Ours are LTO-5, >> which now is yesterday's news (good thing that is what we store on it), so >> I don't know how long we will be able to get LTO-5 capable tape readers. >> At the T50e's price point, I don't see that a $1000 software is very >> different in cost to a $4000 one - if you archive video and have a T50e, >> $4000 isn't that much money, after all. >> I'm interested in what you find. >> >> Gibson Prichard >> Nashville, TN >> [email protected] >> >> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Michael L <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello NLUG, >>> Maybe most of you IT pros know this- At NAB in Las Vegas last month I >>> found out to my dismay that when it comes to backup and archive software, >>> there is a (pricey) difference. >>> >>> I was looking at Archiware P5 at close to $1000 trying to weigh whether >>> it's the backup software for our Spectralogic T50e LTO deck, thinking and >>> assuming that back up and archive were the same thing. I found out that >>> the archive software price is over $4000 which includes backup software for >>> free and $650 annual support fee. XenData just started supporting the >>> Spectralogic T50e; not sure of the price on that yet. >>> >>> Can anyone tell me other necessary useful money saving info? I was told >>> (or sold) that LTO tapes hold out for 30 years. Is that correct? >>> >>> Thank you >>> M >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
