How do you recover data from 10 years ago?  For example, how would you
get data out of a an oracle 6 database?
you would have to have the appropriate application, hardware to run it
on etc.

I'm not trying to be funny, we have requests to do this also. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Albert 
> Eddie Contractor AFRPA CIO/IT
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 3:03 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Moving away from Networker
> 
> Because we are required to have access to our data for 10+ 
> years, could
> you imagine the archive data migration job if we changed 
> products? (Yes
> the agency has been using Networker for that long back on the Banyan
> Vines Servers from the Mid-90s)... /ALE
> 
> > [Siobhan Ellis>] Enterprise Backups products are becoming a 
> > commodity. If you look at the top ones, you'll notice the 
> > functionality is very similar.
> > The only differentiators, often, are a specific piece of 
> > functionality that someone may want, or ongoing support costs 
> > (You think NetWorker support costs are bad, look at 
> > NetBackup!). It's a sad thing, as I am a big supporter of 
> > NetWorker, but often the reason someone doesn't change is it 
> > is just too hard. But having said that, why change? Because 
> > you'll just get more of the same. No product is perfect, and 
> > no release is perfect. You change to another product, I 
> > guarantee you'll have headaches.
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