In my unqualified opinion...
It seems like there are two priorities here:
 - You don't need the data any longer so you want to get it off of NAS.
 - Legal thinks the data is so important it needs to be kept/maintained 
forever, whatever that is.

If you fire-and-forget the data to any kind of media, it is going to become 
unreadable in some amount of time, due either to degradation of the media or 
technological obsolescence.  It seems like DVD-R only has a long lifespan of 
perhaps 100 years when stored and handled in optimal conditions.  Under poorer 
conditions, it can drop down to 10 or 15 years...okay, that is still a long 
time, but it is not forever.

If legal says that the data is going to be important for the life of the 
company, then it seems like you are obligated to maintain the data in an active 
sense; periodically moving it to fresh media and newer technology.  True, it is 
a pain, but if the folks that know say the data is valuable, then it has to 
stay readable.

The Emperor's clothes have to be visible.

All you can do is point out the costs of the wardrobe.


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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Christian Svensson
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:51 PM
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Subject: [ADSM-L] SV: NAS 'Archive'

Hi,
If you don't need to keep track of it, why not just create a temporary node and 
backup to that node. Run Export Node in TSM and then delete it?
In that case can you export the data to any kind of media include DVD and you 
don't need to care of it anymore.

Best Regards
Christian Svensson

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Ämne: NAS 'Archive'

I need to send a couple NAS file systems off to tape forever.  Legal said we 
have to so we will.  Because this is a Filer attached to a library I see that 
backup sets and exports are not supported.  This leaves me with the choice of 
creating a MC for this backup.  Is there a better way?

Andy Huebner



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