Re: response to a hostile Unix Admin's level zero argument.
1995-01-19 10:03:11
On Wed, 18 Jan 1995 17:05:02 PST Joseph A. Faracchio said:
>3) what arguments can be made for ADSM even with a level zero backup?
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> 1) good redundancy in case their level zero tapes are unreadable (possible)
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> 2) better / more up-to-date backups if ADSM is run twice daily compared
> to level zero backups run every X (where X is every day/week/month)
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> 3) ease of use for individual users on the server (there maybe no users)
Also:
4) zero-level is nice for restoring a system, but not application data;
making up-to-date backups easy to collect makes it *useful*
5) ADSM facilitates off-site backup for disaster situations; the backup
media is NOT going to be stored 5 feet from the Sun server it came from.
6) ADSM reduces labor costs, without requiring acquisition of jukebox
or optical devices.
7) ADSM permits enterprise-wide audit and management oversight to ensure
implementation of backup policies.
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