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macdudekenny · #1 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 04:27 AM

Hello!

I believe I was reading here recently about an interesting backup system which I am interested in. I cannot find this info in the archives. I currently run a Sony AIT 4 tape autoloader and I need something bigger and better.

help!

MacDudeKenny

pcmodem · #2 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 04:46 AM

Are you archiving your files onto Tape?
or
Backing up to tape and archiving seperately?

How much data in size are you Archiving/Backing up to tape right now?

macdudekenny · #3 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 04:59 AM

Are you archiving your files onto Tape? or
Backing up to tape and archiving seperately?

I am archiving to CD/DVD and backing up to AIT tape.

How much data in size are you Archiving/Backing up to tape right now?

well, I just did an archive, so my system is lean at about 150GB. (we're pretty busy right now) when this data is backed up, it fills almost 3 AIT tapes (4 tape autoloader)
when the 4 tapes are almost full, I archive all data I am able to and place the 2nd 4 tape magazine into the loader. then I start all over again. does this make sense?

BigD · #4 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 11:57 AM

Our IT guy told me about our email/web/intranet/prism server backup using an LTO tape drive.

Apparently the drives can hold up to 400gb on one tape??

I am waiting for more info from Creo as part of a server upgrade package.

Dennis Wyers.

Lammy · #5 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 12:00 PM

we back up daily to an external drive as disaster recovery (designer stupidity). When a job is completed it's archived to a DVD.

it's a system that has worked fairly well for me for several years.

KevinNewell · #6 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 01:32 PM

We do a multi part back up. We use Retrospect Server and have client loaded on all the workstations. We back up onto a Lacie Big Disk 500gb then make a copy onto a Dual Layer DVD for offsite, we are looking into a online backup solution as well to make for a three part backup solution. Its overkill, but when you need the info its worth it all.

PrepressRabbit · #7 (**permalink**) 06-29-2005, 01:39 PM

We archive and backup with DAT tapes using retrospect. We backup daily and archive every weekend. We run a script that automatically moves any job inactive for more than 60 days to a seperate 1 terabyte volume on the server. That way we can retrieve jobs that are between 2 and 6 months old without having to go to the tape backup.

pcmodem · #8 (**permalink**) 06-29-2005, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PrepressRabbit

We archive and backup with DAT tapes using retrospect. We backup daily and archive every weekend. We run a script that automatically moves any job inactive for more than 60 days to a seperate 1 terabyte volume on the server. That way we can retrieve jobs that are between 2 and 6 months old without having to go to the tape backup.

What do you do with the files on the 1 terabyte server after 6 months?

seratne · #9 (**permalink**) 06-30-2005, 10:12 AM

We archive to VXA-2 tape (2 sets, switched weekly, the inactive one is taken offsite). And we backup (RSyncX) to an external LaCie HD.

PrepressRabbit · #10 (**permalink**) 06-30-2005, 01:37 PM

The jobs that are pulled of the active server are thrown away from the backup volume after 6 months(they are archived after they are moved, this way we have a backup of the final job as it was printed). This is just convenience for us as we do a lot of unaltered reprints and often it is only a couple of months after printing the original job!