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Challenges to doing backups
The quantity and number of files will stress a backup system
- Will the backup take too long?
- Will the backup put too much demand on the computer, competing with the computer's research users?
The number of files
- 100's of millions of small files, along with "normal" files.
The amount of data
- 3.1TB of data
Cost is an issue since note originally budgeted.
Options
Option1: In-room, off-box, copy
HDs in a dedicated computing box.
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