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.

Option1: Out of room

HDs in a dedicated computing box.

Hosted file service.

EZ-Backup.

• $850-1,650/yr, depending on level of file compression.