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user-29411, last updated on Oct 14, 2013
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Add true backup functionality to the existing cluster. Discussion started Oct. 2013.
Challenges to doing backups: The problem to solve
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.