[OpenAFS] Symantec Support for AFS Backups

[Mike Anderson]

 I am very interested in hearing more details about how they work.

Mike Anderson
OIT Operations & Engineering
University of Notre Dame
320 IT Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-4966


Quoting Dave Botsch <botsch@cnf.cornell.edu>:

> I would certainly be interested in hearing more about how the backups and
> restores work w. Symantec backup.
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:06:27PM -0800, Kathryn Hemness wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Symantec recently sent me a letter letting me know they are researching
> > market demand for OpenAFS usage to determine if their decision to
> > drop support for AFS backups should be reconsidered.  Their dropping
> > of AFS support is based on their perception that only a handful
> > of customers use the NetBackup AFS backup capability.
> >
> > In my backup enterprise, I'm currently backing up about 6TB (in the
> > full backups, but I also do daily incrementals), and the AFS usage
> > has grown in the past year and we expect to increase the AFS storage
> > upwards of 10TB.
> >
> > The Symantec representative indicated they will be finalizing
> > findings and making recommendations within the next two weeks, so
> > if you have plans on on implementing AFS at your organization,
> > I would recommend contacting shawnda_recksiedler@symantec.com.
> >
> > Also, if you want any information on how AFS backups and restores
> > work, I can share my experiences.
> >
> > --kathy
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