Meeting the Challenge - Archival Storage

• Daily Backups

  • via network to off-site tape unit

• Periodic Total Backups

  • Tapes stored off-site

• Data in ASCII or common proprietary formats

• Metadata systems are conservative

  • Old versions of metadata are saved
  • Versioning software allows rollback

• Metadata available in structured ASCII forms

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