Oh Curtis, don't get me started on even what is or what is not an archive!
Since when has HSM been archiving?

The whole industry is screwed up on its terms.

In Legato/EMC I had a major issue with that. Unfortuately, names are decided
by marketing people, not by anyone who actually knows what hey are talkinga
bout. *sigh*

Siobhan Ellis
Not the author of any significant book at all



On 16/1/07 12:55 PM, "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT GLASSHOUSE DOT COM> wrote:

> That's kind of what I mean by "buy a new one."  I prefer that as well.
> 
> Unfortunately, people often use their backup systems for archive
> purposes.  (Which they shouldn't do.  Search for 'backups aren't
> archives' on Google.)
> 
> And because of that, they can't do what you propose, unless they keep
> the old system there for years.
> 
> ---
> W. Curtis Preston
> Author of O'Reilly's Backup & Recovery and Using SANs and NAS
> VP Data Protection
> GlassHouse Technologies
> 
> 

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