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Subject: file archiving systems ???
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Date: Thu, 5-Mar-87 03:14:05 EST
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Strategic Information (part of ZDTICo, the company that I work for)
has an archiving system for VMS. There are several others out there,
but they all basically work the same.

Files to be archived are entered into a database and are then written
to tape or optical disk. Most systems (ours does) write two copies,
just in case something happens to one copy. Once the copy has been
made, the original is deleted from disk. Optionally, the delete can be
skipped.

The owner of a file can retrieve a file at any time. The database is
scanned to find out where the file has been archived, and an operator
request is made to mount the proper tape.

There are also utility programs to fix the database, to do tape
compression (removing files that have been "deleted" from the
database), and other housekeeping chores.

Archiver (that's what it's called) doesn't replace backup, and isn't a
tape management system. It archives files onto tape or optical disk,
and does this in a fairly straightforward, easy to use way. I haven't
tried anyone else's archiving system, but would suspect that they
would function in much the same way, after all, how many ways are
there to do this?
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